Exploring the relationship between spiritual well-being and quality of life among patients newly diagnosed with advanced cancer

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 927-935

  Bai, Mei ^a   Lazenby, Mark ^a   Jeon, Sangchoon ^a   Dixon, Jane ^a   McCorkle, Ruth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Existential plight; Newly diagnosed; Quality of life; Spiritual well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84945476579     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951514000820     Document Type: Article

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