Spirituality and care of prostate cancer patients: A pilot study

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 951-954

  Bowie, Janice ^a   Sydnor, Kim Dobson ^c   Granot, Michal ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coping; Ethnicity; Prostate cancer; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLERGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEGRO; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 0142063012     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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