Quality of life, religious attitude and cancer coping in a sample of iranian patients with cancer

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 928-937

  Atef Vahid, Mohammad Kazem ^a   Nasr Esfahani, Mehdi ^a   Esfeedvajani, Mohsen Saberi ^a   Naji Isfahani, Homayoon ^b   Shojaei, Mohammad Reza ^c   Masoumeh Yasavoli, M ^c   Ashrafodin Goushegir, S ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^c Social Harm and Psychological Research Center (Parva)   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Cancer; Coping; Quality of life; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRANIAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 80052891257     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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