Art therapy during radiotherapy - A five-year follow-up study with women diagnosed with breast cancer

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-40

  Öster, Inger ^a   Tavelin, Björn ^a   Egberg Thyme, Karin ^a   Magnusson, Eva ^a   Isaksson, Ulf ^a   Lindh, Jack ^a   Åström, Sture ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Art therapy; Breast cancer; Coping; Follow up; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890051752     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: 18735878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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