Is there a correlation between spirituality and anxiety and depression in patients with advanced cancer?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 379-385

  McCoubrie, Rachel C ^a   Davies, Andrew N ^a,b  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Depression; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL WELL BEING SCALE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 33646422207     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0892-6     Document Type: Article

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