Spirituality and the experience of cancer in an African-American community: Implications for psychosocial oncology

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Potts, Randolph G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEALING; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029859308     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077V14N01_01     Document Type: Review

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