Cognitive Existential Couple Therapy for newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients and their partners: A descriptive pilot study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 465-469

  Collins, Anna L ^a   Love, Anthony W ^b   Bloch, Sidney ^c   Street, Annette F ^d   Duchesne, Gillian M ^a   Dunai, Judy ^a   Couper, Jeremy W ^a,c  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

carer; couple therapy; oncology; prostate cancer; psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE EXISTENTIAL COUPLE THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUPLES THERAPY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873407423     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.2085     Document Type: Article

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