One-hundred and twenty-four patients with metastatic breast cancer were randomised to either a group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) intervention, or to a no-therapy control group condition. Both groups received standard oncological care; however, therapy recipients also attended eight weekly sess
Group Therapy with Metastatic Cancer Patients
โ Scribed by Sarah Edelman
- Book ID
- 111739025
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 898 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1328-4207
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