Another person's heart: Magical and rational thinking in the psychological adaptation to heart transplantation

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-173

  Inspector, Yoram ^a,c   Kutz, Ilan ^a,b,c   David, Daniel ^b  

^a SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DONOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAGIC; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION;

EID: 13644249931     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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