The effect of spiritual interventions addressing existential themes using a narrative approach on quality of life of cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 253-265

  Kruizinga, Renske ^a   Hartog, Iris D ^a   Jacobs, Marc ^a   Daams, Joost G ^a   Scherer Rath, Michael ^b   Schilderman, Johannes B A M ^b   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a   Van Laarhoven, Hanneke W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EXISTENTIALISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NARRATIVE THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUALISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION;

HUMANS; NARRATIVE THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84959542772     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3910     Document Type: Review

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