A cognitive-existential intervention to improve existential and global quality of life in cancer patients: A pilot study

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 981-990

  Gagnon, Pierre ^a,b   Fillion, Lise ^a,b   Robitaille, Marie Anik ^a,b   Girard, Michèle ^b   Tardif, François ^a,b   Cochrane, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Le Moignan Moreau, Joanie ^a,b   Breitbart, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cognitive existential intervention; Existential; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEBEC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84946477362     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147895151400073X     Document Type: Article

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