The Importance of Hope as a Mediator of Psychological Distress and Life Satisfaction in a Community Sample of Cancer Patients
Cancer NursingPublished 13 May 2010
Tone Rustøen, Bruce A. Cooper, Christine Miaskowski
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Evaluated relationships between demographic and clinical characteristics, health status, hope, psychological distress, and life satisfaction suggest that hope is an important resource for oncology patients that impacts their quality of life.
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Hope may be an important coping mechanism that clinicians need to consider when they try to help patients reduce the psychological distress associated with cancer and its treatment.
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