Coping strategies and patient delay in patients with cancer

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 204-218

  Pedersen, Anette Fischer ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a   Hansen, Rikke Pilegaard ^a   Zachariae, Robert ^b   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

approach coping; avoidance coping; cancer; patient delay; time to event analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPROACH COPING; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE COPING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876143021     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2012.761319     Document Type: Article

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