Self-help groups in Belgium: Their place in the care network

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-348

  Damen, Sofie ^a   Mortelmans, Dimitri ^b   Van Hove, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Network analysis; Qualitative research; Self help groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034178076     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00207     Document Type: Article

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