Effect of gender on the social and psychological adjustment of cancer patients

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 17-34

  Peleg Oren, Neta ^a   Sherer, Moshe ^b   Soskolne, Varda ^a,c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gender; Illness; Patients; Social and psychological adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0141650745     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v37n03_02     Document Type: Article

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