Measuring the psychological impact of mindfulness meditation on health among patients with cancer: A literature review

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1059-1066

  Matchim, Yaowarat ^a,b   Armer, Jane M ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MEDITATION; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35548951758     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.1059-1066     Document Type: Review

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