How Spirituality Helps Cancer Patients with the Adjustment to their Disease

It has been suggested that spirituality is associated with higher well-being, because it offers social support, improves the relationship with the partner, provides meaning, and reduces self-focus and worry. We performed a qualitative study among ten people with cancer, using the Consensual Qualitat...

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Main Author: Garssen, Bert (Author)
Contributors: Uwland-Sikkema, Nicoline F. (Other) ; Visser, Anja (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2015]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2015, Volume: 54, Issue: 4, Pages: 1249-1265
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Consensual qualitative research
B Interviews
B Adaptation
B Cancer
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