Illness perceptions of cancer patients: Relationships with illness characteristics and coping

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-18

  Hopman, Petra ^a   Rijken, Mieke ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS PERCEPTION QUESTIONNAIRE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL ADJUSTMENT TO CANCER SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PANEL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920940558     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3591     Document Type: Review

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