The correlation between coping strategies, doctor-patient/spouse relationships and psychological distress among women cancer patients and their spouses

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1010-1018

  Gilbar, Ora ^a   Zusman, Alla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coping strategies; Doctor patient spouse relationships; Oncology; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARRIAGE; PATERNALISM; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 36049046931     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1168     Document Type: Article

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