Acceptability of Bibliotherapy for Patients With Cancer: A Qualitative, Descriptive Study.

@article{Roberts2016AcceptabilityOB,
  title={Acceptability of Bibliotherapy for Patients With Cancer: A Qualitative, Descriptive Study.},
  author={Nicole Roberts and Virginia Lee and Bethsheba Ananng and Annett K{\"o}rner},
  journal={Oncology nursing forum},
  year={2016},
  volume={43 5},
  pages={
          588-94
        }
}
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine the acceptability of a self-help workbook, Mastering the Art of Coping in Good Times and Bad, for patients with cancer.
. RESEARCH APPROACH Descriptive, qualitative.
. SETTING Participants were recruited from the psychosocial support cancer centers of two tertiary care teaching hospitals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
. PARTICIPANTS 18 individuals diagnosed with cancer.
. METHODOLOGIC APPROACH A semistructured interview guide with open-ended questions was… 
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