Positive and negative religious coping and well-being in women with breast cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 537-545

  Hebert, Randy ^a   Zdaniuk, Bozena ^b   Schulz, Richard ^c   Scheier, Michael ^d  

^a Forbes Hospice   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS COPING; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 69849095171     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0250     Document Type: Article

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