The effects of an art education program on competencies, coping, and well-being in outpatients with cancer-Results of a prospective feasibility study

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Singer, Susanne ^a,b   Götze, Heide ^a   Buttstädt, Marianne ^a   Geue, Kristina ^a   Momenghalibaf, Azahdeh ^b   Böhler, Ursula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Art Therapy Practice   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambulatory patients; Art education; Art therapy; Cancer; Coping; Distress; Feasibility study; Intervention study; Oncology; Outpatients; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING;

EID: 78650300671     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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