The advanced cancer patient experience of undertaking meaning and purpose (MaP) therapy

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-188

  Lethborg, Carrie ^a   Schofield, Penelope ^a   Kissane, David ^b,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced cancer patients; Meaning focused intervention; Patient experience of psychotherapy; Psychotherapy; Therapeutic process

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 84865801374     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147895151100085X     Document Type: Article

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