Coping strategies for existencial and spiritual suffering in Israeli patients with advanced cancer

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bentur, Netta ^a,b   Stark, Daphna Yaira ^c   Resnizky, Shirli ^b   Symon, Zvi ^b,d  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Vrei University   (Netherlands)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; HUMOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE;

EID: 84908666054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20454015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-3-21     Document Type: Article

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