The role of art-making in identity maintenance: Case studies of people living with cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-341

  Reynolds, F ^a   Prior, S ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Creativity; Identity; Leisure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ART THERAPY; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748479301     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2006.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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