The benefits of prayer on mood and well-being of breast cancer survivors.
Objectives: Prayer is becoming more widely acknowledged as a way to cope with cancer. The goal of this study was to compare differences in use of prayer between breast cancer survivors from different ethnic groups and examine how use of prayer is related to mood and quality of life.Methods: This stu...
| Published in: | Supportive Care in Cancer Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 295 - 307 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2009
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