Mindfulness: existential, loss, and grief factors in women with breast cancer.

Study at a glance

Characteristics	Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Topics	Meditation
Key points	Argues that mindfulness may help women with breast cancer address existential concerns, loss, and grief by fostering acceptance and present-moment awareness, potentially improving psychological well-being, but calls for more research.

Other theoretical and historical papers on meditation, most cited first.

Study	Year	Design
Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition.	2004	Theoretical or philosophical paper
Mechanisms of mindfulness	2005	Theoretical or philosophical paper
How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective	2011	Theoretical or philosophical paper
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression	2006	Theoretical or philosophical paper
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness	2012	Theoretical or philosophical paper