The relationship of purpose in life and hope in shaping happiness among patients with cancer in Poland

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-483

  Wnuk, Marcin ^a   Marcinkowski, Jerzy T ^a   Fobair, Patricia ^b,c  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MPH   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer patients; cancer treatment; duration of disease; happiness; hope; purpose in life; satisfaction in life; social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; HAPPINESS; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; NEOPLASM; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRIENDS; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POLAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863659060     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2012.684988     Document Type: Article

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