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Peer reviewedGibbs, Harriett Weidman; Achterberg-Lawlis, Jeanne – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1978
Results indicate cancer patients depend strongly on perceived strength of religious beliefs and values in coping with imminent death. Low fear of death was associated with previous experience with a dying person. Death anxiety scale score for cancer patients was significantly lower than for other populations. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cancer, Coping, Counseling Effectiveness
