A narrative view of art therapy and art making by women with breast cancer

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 761-775

  Collie, Kate ^a,c   Bottorff, Joan L ^b   Long, Bonita C ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Art therapy; Breast cancer; Canada; Meaning making; Narrative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ART; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NARRATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; STORYTELLING; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ART; ART THERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CREATIVENESS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF CONCEPT; SICK ROLE;

EID: 33746867482     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105306066632     Document Type: Article

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