Holistic Healing for Women with Breast Cancer through a Mind, Body, and Spirit Self-Empowerment Program

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 260-279

  Kinney, Carolyn K ^a   Rodgers, Denise M ^b   Nash, Kathleen A ^a   Bray, Christell O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Association for the Development of Mind Body Potential Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; holistic healing; nursing; self empowerment; theory based intervention

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242274407     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: 15525724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898010103254919     Document Type: Article

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