Associations among patient characteristics, health-related quality of life, and spiritual well-being among arab muslim cancer patients

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1321-1324

  Lazenby, Mark ^a   Khatib, Jamal ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DIVORCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT IN CANCER THERAPY GENERAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOMA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPIRITUAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISLAM; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870600944     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0208     Document Type: Article

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