Rebuttal: The black swan fallacy in evaluating psychological interventions for distress in cancer patients

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-118

  Coyne, James C ^a,c   Lepore, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MUSIC THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 33749628821     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm3202_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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