The existential plight of cancer: meaning making as a concrete approach to the intangible search for meaning

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[1] Andersen BL(1992)Psychological interventions for cancer patients to enhance the quality of life J Consult Clin Psychol 60 552-568

[2] Arndt J(1998)Terror management and self-awareness: evidence that mortality salience provokes avoidance of the self-focused state Pers Soc Psychol Bull 11 1216-1227

[3] Greenberg J(1986)The meaning of a disease: an exploratory study of Moslem Arab women after a mastectomy J Psychosoc Oncol 4 1-13

[4] Simon L(2005)Existential issues do not necessarily result in existential suffering: lessons from cancer patients in Israel Palliat Med 19 371-380

[5] Pyszczynski T(2000)Existential issues in palliative care—interviews with cancer patients J Palliat Care 16 20-24

[6] Solomon S(2004)Psychotherapeutic interventions at the end of life: a focus on meaning and spirituality Can J Psychiatry 49 366-372

[7] Baider L(2000)Transcending breast cancer, transcending death: a Taiwanese population Nurs Sci Q 13 64-72

[8] de Nour AK(2005)Dignity therapy: a novel psychotherapeutic intervention for patients near the end of life J Clin Oncol 23 5520-5525

[9] Blinderman CD(2001)Supportive–expressive group therapy and distress in patients with metastatic breast cancer Arch Gen Psychiatry 58 494-501

[10] Cherny NI(1998)Facilitation of self-transcendence in a breast cancer support group Oncol Nurs Forum 25 78-84