Psychotherapy does not promote survival (Kissane et al., 2007): Now what?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1050-1052

  Coyne, James C ^a   Hanisch, Laura J ^a   Palmer, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36048978603     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1285     Document Type: Note

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