Changes in close relationships between cancer patients and their partners

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1344-1352

  Drabe, Natalie ^a   Wittmann, Lutz ^a   Zwahlen, Diana ^b   Büchi, Stefan ^c   Jenewein, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Hohenegg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cancer; couples; oncology; psychological distress; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COHABITING PERSON; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE CHANGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878809716     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3144     Document Type: Article

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