Does meditation improve the quality of life for patients living with cancer? A critical synthesis;La méditation améliore-t-elle la qualité de vie des patients vivant avec un cancer? Une synthèse critique

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 474-475

  Lamanque, Pascal ^a   Daneault, Serge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDITATION; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; NEOPLASM; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL DISEASE; THERAPY EFFECT; WELLBEING;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748782815     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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