Patient preferences regarding cancer group psychotherapy interventions: A view from the inside

Psychosomatics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 426-432

  Sherman, Allen C ^a   Pennington, Jaymie ^a   Latif, Umaira ^a   Farley, Harriet ^a   Arent, Lenore ^a   Simonton, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 34548210439     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.48.5.426     Document Type: Article

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