Is the spiritual life of cancer patients a resource to be taken into account by professional caregivers from the time of diagnosis?

Tumori

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 158-161

  Miccinesi, Guido ^a   Proserpio, Tullio ^b   Pessi, MariaAdelaide ^b   Maruelli, Alice ^c   Bonacchi, Andrea ^a   Borreani, Claudia ^b   Ripamonti, Carla ^b  

^a Institute for the Study and Prevention of Cancer ISPO   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c Center for Oncological Rehabilitation Cerion   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Religion; Spiritual assessment; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL NEEDS; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMS OF BELIEF INVENTORY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; CAREGIVER; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84863196027     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1700/1053.11515     Document Type: Article

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