Coping processes relevant to posttraumatic growth: An evidence-based review

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 583-589

  Rajandram, Rama Krsna ^a,c   Jenewein, Josef ^b   McGrath, Colman ^a   Zwahlen, Roger Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coping process; Oncology; Oral cavity; Posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOPE; HUMAN; MOUTH CANCER; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79958224402     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1105-0     Document Type: Review

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