Oncologist Assisted Spiritual Intervention Study (OASIS): Patient acceptability and initial evidence of effects

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-347

  Kristeller, Jean L ^a   Rhodes, Mark ^b   Cripe, Larry D ^c   Sheets, Virgil ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IU School of Medicine ^*

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Counseling; Depression; QOL; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CHRISTIAN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644541449     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/8AE4-F01C-60M0-85C8     Document Type: Article

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