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SUBMITTER: Jim HS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4618080 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jim Heather S L HS Pustejovsky James E JE Park Crystal L CL Danhauer Suzanne C SC Sherman Allen C AC Fitchett George G Merluzzi Thomas V TV Munoz Alexis R AR George Login L Snyder Mallory A MA Salsman John M JM
Cancer 20150810 21
Although religion/spirituality (R/S) is important in its own right for many cancer patients, a large body of research has examined whether R/S is also associated with better physical health outcomes. This literature has been characterized by heterogeneity in sample composition, measures of R/S, and measures of physical health. In an effort to synthesize previous findings, a meta-analysis of the relation between R/S and patient-reported physical health in cancer patients was performed. A search o ...[more]