Coping with cancer: What do patients do?

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-73

  Zaza, Christine ^a   Sellick, Scott M ^b,c   Hillier, Loretta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

And supportive care; Cancer; Coping strategies; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CONFUSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDITATION; MOOD; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSIC; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SUPPORT GROUP; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PASTORAL CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SELF CARE; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 32344437257     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v23n01_04     Document Type: Article

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