Religion and spirituality in coping with breast cancer: Perspectives of Chilean women

Breast Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-352

  Choumanova, Ivanka ^a   Wanat, Stan ^a   Barrett, Ronald ^a   Koopman, Cheryl ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chile; Coping; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHILE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 33745611100     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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