Religious coping and problem-solving by couples faced with prostate cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 481-488

  Yoshimoto, S M ^a   Ghorbani, S ^a   Baer, J M ^a   Cheng, K W ^a   Banthia, R ^b   Malcarne, V L ^b,c   Sadler, G R ^d   Ko, C M ^b   Greenbergs, H L ^a   Varni, J W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Problem solving; Prostate cancer; Religious coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 33845461522     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2006.00700.x     Document Type: Review

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