Sense of coherence and distress in cancer patients and their partners

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1100-1110

  Gustavsson Lilius, Mila ^a   Julkunen, Juhani ^a,b   Keskivaara, Pertti ^a   Hietanen, Päivi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Rehabilitation Foundation Finland   (Finland)

^c Finnish Medical Journal   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Couples; Distress; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARRIAGE; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 37349102403     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1173     Document Type: Article

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