Patient and spouse illness beliefs and quality of life in prostate cancer patients

Psychology and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 355-368

  Wu, Lisa M ^a   Mohamed, Nihal E ^a   Winkel, Gary ^a   Diefenbach, Michael A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; illness beliefs; prostate cancer; quality of life; spouses; treatment control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875124266     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.722219     Document Type: Article

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