Role of spirituality in cancer coping among African Americans: A qualitative examination

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-115

  Schulz, Emily ^a   Holt, Cheryl L ^a   Caplan, Lee ^b   Blake, Victor ^b   Southward, Penny ^a   Buckner, Ayanna ^b   Lawrence, Hope ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer survivorship; Coping; Narratives; Social support; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 44449134544     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-008-0050-5     Document Type: Article

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