Missed Opportunity: Spirituality as a Bridge to Resilience in Latinos with Cancer

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2367-2375

  Hunter Hernández, Migda ^a   Costas Muñíz, Rosario ^a   Gany, Francesca ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Latinos; Resilience; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COPING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84942503527     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-015-0020-y     Document Type: Article

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