Treatment of holistic suffering in cancer: A systematic literature review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 885-898

  Best, Megan ^a   Aldridge, Lynley ^a   Butow, Phyllis ^a   Olver, Ian ^b   Price, Melanie A ^a   Webster, Fleur ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CANCER COUNCIL AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Cancer Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

cancer; intervention studies; review; spirituality; Suffering; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL THERAPY; ART THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FORGIVENESS THERAPY; HAPTOTHERAPY; HOLISTIC CARE; HOPE-CENTERED INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEANING-CENTERED THERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALSYST QUANTITATIVE CHECKLIST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CARE; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; STRESS REDUCTION INTERVENTION; SUPPORTIVE-EXPRESSIVE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; WELLBEING; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; ETIOLOGY; HOPE; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASMS; PHILOSOPHY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOPE; HUMANS; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84942628570     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315581538     Document Type: Review

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