Augmenting traditional health care through mutual assistance groups for families

Health Care in the Black Community: Empowerment, Knowledge, Skills, and Collectivism

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 215-228

  Comer, Edna ^a   Kramer, Kathryn ^b   Nash, Kermit B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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