The benefits of prayer on mood and well-being of breast cancer survivors

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-306

  Levine, Ellen G ^a   Aviv, Caryn ^b   Yoo, Grace ^a   Ewing, Cheryl ^c   Au, Alfred ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Ethnic differences; Prayer; Psychological; Quality of life; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOOD; PRAISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 59449111109     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0482-5     Document Type: Article

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