Mindfulness meditation to reduce symptoms after organ transplant: A pilot study

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 58-66

  Gross, Cynthia R ^a   Kreitzer, Mary Jo ^b   Russas, Valerie ^c   Treesak, Charoen ^c   Frazier, Patricia A ^b   Hertz, Marshall I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); MINNESOTA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442473338     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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