Cancer, the mind, and the problem of self-blame

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-130

  Block, Keith I ^a,d   Dafter, Roger ^b   Greenwald, Howard P ^c  

^a Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Geffin School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RISK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMOTION; GUILT; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LITERATURE; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOONCOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MALE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SURVIVOR;

FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SURVIVORS;

EID: 33646594376     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735406289106     Document Type: Review

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