Managing body image difficulties of adult cancer patients: Lessons from available research

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 633-641

  Fingeret, Michelle Cororve ^a   Teo, Irene ^a   Epner, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

body image; cognitive behavioral therapy; doctor patient communication; psychosocial oncology; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MANAGED CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84896697213     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28469     Document Type: Review

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