Social support in spouses of cancer patients: What do they get and to what end?

Personal Relationships

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 431-449

  Ptacek, J T ^a,e   Pierce, Gregory R ^b,e   Dodge, Kenneth L ^c,e   Ptacek, John J ^d,e  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mary Greeley Medical Center   (United States)

^e Department of Psychology ^*

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EID: 17144430154     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.1997.tb00155.x     Document Type: Article

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