A third place in the everyday lives of people living with cancer: Functions of Gilda's Club of Greater Toronto

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-106

  Glover, Troy D ^a   Parry, Diana C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

New cultural geography; Place meanings; Qualitative research; Therapeutic landscape

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOME STRESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 54549105318     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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