Religion/spirituality and health in the context of cancer: Cross-domain integration, unresolved issues, and future directions

Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 3789-3794

  Park, Crystal L ^a   Sherman, Allen C ^b   Jim, Heather S L ^c   Salsman, John M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; COGNITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL SKILLS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84945487366     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29351     Document Type: Note

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