The role of illness representations in coping and health of patients treated for breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 849-857

  Rozema, Hetje ^a   Völlink, Trijntje ^a   Lechner, Lilian ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coping; Health; Illness representations; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349615614     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1488     Document Type: Article

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