The factors contributing to death anxiety in cancer patients

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-358

  Gonen, Gokcen ^a   Kaymak, Semra Ulusoy ^b   Cankurtaran, Eylem Sahin ^b   Karslioglu, Ersin Hatice ^b   Ozalp, Elvan ^b   Soygur, Haldun ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA ONCOLOGY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cancer; death anxiety; pain; psychopathology; religiosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; DEATH ANXIETY SCALE; DEATH FEAR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; GLOCK AND STARK'S DIMENSIONS OF RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT SCALES; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TEMPLER'S DEATH ANXIETY SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861364130     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2012.664260     Document Type: Article

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