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Meaning Making as a Central Mechanism of Dignity Therapy for Older Adults With Cancer

Nearly 500,000 older Americans die a cancer-related death each year (National Vital Statistics Report, 2018). Following a diagnosis of a serious illness like cancer, maintaining a sense of dignity is central to a patient’s wellbeing. Dignity Therapy (DT) was recently introduced as an intervention to...

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Autores principales: Mroz, Emily, Bylund-Lincoln, Carma, Wisolmerski, Rachel, Wilkie, Diana, Fitchett, George, Handzo, George, Chochinov, Harvey, Bluck, Susan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7741986/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1352