The relationship of spiritual concerns to the quality of life of advanced cancer patients: Preliminary findings

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1022-1028

  Winkelman, William D ^a   Lauderdale, Katharine ^b   Balboni, Michael J ^c   Phelps, Andrea C ^c   Peteet, John R ^a,c   Block, Susan D ^a,c   Kachnic, Lisa A ^d   VanderWeele, Tyler J ^e   Balboni, Tracy A ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OVARY CANCER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION;

AGED; BOSTON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 80052737780     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0536     Document Type: Article

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