Social support and marital adjustment after breast cancer

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 47-74

  Lichtman, Rosemary R ^a   Taylor, Shelley E ^a   Wood, Joanne V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THERAPY;

EID: 0023614753     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v05n03_03     Document Type: Article

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