'Normalizing' female cancer patients: Look good, feel better and other image programs

Disability and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-269

  Kendrick, Karen ^a  

^a Albertus Magnus College New Haven   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Gender; Psychosocial cancer care; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649121694     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590801954042     Document Type: Article

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