Posttraumatic growth after cancer: The importance of health-related benefits and newfound compassion for others

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 749-756

  Morris, Bronwyn A ^a,c   Shakespeare Finch, Jane ^b   Scott, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Mixed method; Oncology; Posttraumatic growth; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; STRENGTH;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84863483989     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1143-7     Document Type: Article

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