An exploratory study of social support: A cross-cultural comparison of Chinese-, Japanese-, and Anglo-American breast cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-219

  Wellisch, David ^a,b   Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^a   Reid, Suzanne Louise ^a   Lin, Yi Jen ^a,c   Nishikawa Lee, Susan ^a   Wellisch, Michele ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Cedar Sinai and St Johns Hospitals   (United States)

^e SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033056784     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199905/06)8:3<207::AID-PON357>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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