Contribution of visual art-making to the subjective well-being of women living with cancer: A qualitative study

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Reynolds, Frances ^a   Lim, Kee Hean ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art; Cancer; Creativity; Identity; Leisure; Well being

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ART; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INSOMNIA; LEISURE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PAIN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF ESTEEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

EID: 33846647973     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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