Effects of prayer and religious expression within computer support groups on women with breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 676-687

  Shaw, Bret ^a   Han, Jeong Yeob ^a   Kim, Eunkyung ^a   Gustafson, David ^b   Hawkins, Robert ^a   Cleary, James ^c   McTavish, Fiona ^a   Pingree, Suzanne ^a   Eliason, Patricia ^a   Lumpkins, Crystal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Internet; Oncology; Online support group; Religion prayer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SUPPORT GROUP; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SICK ROLE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 34547534361     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1129     Document Type: Review

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