The cancer and deity questionnaire: A new religion and cancer measure

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-453

  Bowman, Elizabeth S ^a   Beitman, James A ^b   Palesh, Oxana ^c   Perez, John E ^d   Koopman, Cheryl ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fairbanks Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; God; Instrument; Oncology; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER AND DEITY QUESTIONNAIRE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CONTENT VALIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; THEORY; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 70449097603     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347330903181913     Document Type: Article

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