The role of religious coping in adjustment to prostate cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 454-461

  Gall, Terry Lynn ^a  

^a SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Religious coping; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 11844280311     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200411000-00005     Document Type: Article

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