Cancer in context: A commentary

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 148-154

  Becvar, Dorothy S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; HEALING; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 22544470273     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.23.2.148     Document Type: Review

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