Adaptive coping and spirituality as a resource in cancer patients

Breast Care

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 195-202

  Bussing A ^a   Ostermann, T ^a   Matthiessen, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coping; Medicine; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34548607996     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104172     Document Type: Article

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