Meaning-centered group psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-28

  Breitbart, William ^a   Rosenfeld, Barry ^b   Gibson, Christopher ^a   Pessin, Hayley ^a   Poppito, Shannon ^a   Nelson, Christian ^a   Tomarken, Alexis ^a   Timm, Anne Kosinski ^a   Berg, Amy ^a   Jacobson, Colleen ^b   Sorger, Brooke ^b   Abbey, Jennifer ^b   Olden, Megan ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Existential; Meaning; Palliative care; Psychotherapy; Spiritual well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; PESSIMISM; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLID TUMOR; SPIRITUAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449118281     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1556     Document Type: Article

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