I am a woman first: A message about breast cancer

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-88

  Becvar, Dorothy S ^a  

^a St Louis Family Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0029993915     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0089824     Document Type: Article

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