Two black men with prostate cancer: A narrative approach

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-84

  Gray, Ross E ^a   Fergus, Karen D ^a   Fitch, Margaret I ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13944258494     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910704X14429     Document Type: Article

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