The nature of life-transforming changes among cancer survivors

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1155-1167

  Skeath, Perry ^a   Norris, Shanti ^b   Katheria, Vani ^a   White, Jonathan ^a   Baker, Karen ^a   Handel, Dan ^a   Sternberg, Esther ^a   Pollack, John ^a   Groninger, Hunter ^a   Phillips, Jayne ^a   Berger, Ann ^a  

^a Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine   (United States)

^b Smith Farm Center for the Healing Arts   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer, psychosocial aspects; coping and adaptation; healing; illness and disease, life threatening terminal; lived experience; palliative care; resilience; self efficacy; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER, PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS; COPING AND ADAPTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; ILLNESS AND DISEASE, LIFE-THREATENING / TERMINAL; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RESILIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-EFFICACY; SURVIVOR; SURVIVORSHIP; TUMOR RECURRENCE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY;

CANCER, PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS; COPING AND ADAPTATION; HEALING; ILLNESS AND DISEASE, LIFE-THREATENING / TERMINAL; LIVED EXPERIENCE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESILIENCE; SELF-EFFICACY; SURVIVORSHIP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF EFFICACY; SICK ROLE; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84882934077     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313499074     Document Type: Article

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