Spiritually based resources in adaptation to long-term prostate cancer survival: Perspectives of elderly wives

Health and Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-38

  Kaòpua, Lana Sue I ^a   Gotay, Carolyn C ^a   Boehm, Patricia S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Castle Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coping behavior; Psychological adaptation; Quality of life; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247490716     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/32.1.29     Document Type: Article

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