Social support messages and the management of uncertainty in the experience of breast cancer: An application of problematic integration theory

Communication Monographs

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-207

  Ford, Leigh A ^a   Babrow, Austin S ^a   Stohl, Cynthia ^a  

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EID: 0040898975     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637759609376389     Document Type: Article

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