Mindfulness meditation for oncology patients: A discussion and critical review

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-108

  Ott, Mary Jane ^a   Norris, Rebecca L ^a   Bauer Wu, Susan M ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chronic illness; Integrative therapies; Meditation; Mindfulness; Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR)

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN PSYCHOSOCIAL ONCOLOGY SOCIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CENTER FOR MINDFULNESS MEDICINE HEALTH CARE AND SOCIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOSE RESPONSE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDITATION; MEDLINE; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; MINDFULNESS MEDITATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NUTRITION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVID; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MEDITATION; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646580987     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735406288083     Document Type: Review

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