Adjustment to cancer and the information needs of people with lung cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 488-496

  Mulcare, H ^a   Schofield, P ^b   Kashima, Y ^a   Milgrom, J ^a   Wirth, A ^b   Bishop, M ^b   Wheeler, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Communication; Coping; Information needs; Lung cancer; Radiation oncology

Indexed keywords

ACTION ORIENTATED INFORMATION; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ORIENTATED INFORMATION; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT INFORMATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79953744360     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1752     Document Type: Article

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