A qualitative study of mindfulness-based meditation therapy in Japanese cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 929-933

  Ando, Michiyo ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   Akechi, Tatsuo ^c   Ifuku, Yuka ^a  

^a ST MARY S COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adapted coping style; Cancer patients; Meditation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BEHAVIOR; BREATHING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS BASED MEDITATION THERAPY; PERSONAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SELF CONTROL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHARED EXPERIENCE; YOGA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80051601482     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0901-2     Document Type: Article

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