Liminality as a descriptor for the cancer experience

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-351

  Thompson, Kimberly ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Liminality; Psychosocial oncology

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448947657     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IL.15.4.d     Document Type: Article

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