The importance of spiritual well-being for cancer patients' quality of life;Betydning af religiøs tro og eksistentielt velbefindende for kræftpatienters livskvalitet

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 170, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 847-849

  Pedersen, Christina G ^a   Zachariae, Bobby ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DENMARK; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DENMARK; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SPIRITUALISM;

EID: 41249101424     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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