Couples Therapy in Advanced Cancer: Using Intimacy and Meaning to Reduce Existential Distress

Handbook of Psychotherapy in Cancer Care

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 159-173

  Zaider, Talia I ^a   Kissane, David W ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Couples therapy; Existential; Intimacy enhancing; Meaning making; Psychological intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886042368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470975176.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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