Partner-assisted emotional disclosure for patients with GI cancer: 8-week follow-up and processes associated with change

Partner-assisted emotional disclosure fo

Partner-assisted emotional disclosure for patients with gastrointestinal cancer : Results from a randomized controlled trial

✍ Laura S. Porter; Francis J. Keefe; Donald H. Baucom; Herbert Hurwitz; Barry Mose 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 422 KB

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: For patients with cancer who are married or in an intimate relationship, their relationships with their partners play a critical role in their adaptation to illness. However, cancer patients and their partners often have difficulty in talking with each other about their