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Religion/spirituality and health in the context of cancer: Cross‐domain integration, unresolved issues, and future directions
Author(s) -
Park Crystal L.,
Sherman Allen C.,
Jim Heather S. L.,
Salsman John M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.29351
Subject(s) - spirituality , context (archaeology) , medicine , mental health , set (abstract data type) , alternative medicine , psychiatry , computer science , pathology , paleontology , biology , programming language
This article summarizes the findings of 3 previous meta‐analytic reviews presented in this issue that evaluate associations between religiousness/spirituality (R/S) and patient‐reported outcomes across mental, physical, and social health domains. The results are synthesized, caveats in interpreting this set of analyses are discussed, directions are provided for future research, and tentative suggestions are made for clinical applications.