Religiosity and hope: A path for women coping with a diagnosis of breast cancer

Psychosomatics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 525-533

  Hasson Ohayon, Ilanit ^a   Braun, Michal ^a   Galinsky, Daliah ^a   Baider, Lea ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL ADJUSTMENT TO CANCER SCALE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; THE HOPE SCALE; THE SYSTEMS OF BELIEF INVENTORY;

EID: 70349623035     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.50.5.525     Document Type: Article

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