Online cancer support groups: Experiences with underserved immigrant latinas

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 55-62

  Changrani, Jyotsna ^a,b   Lieberman, Morton ^c   Golant, Mitch ^d   Rios, Peggy ^e   Damman, Jennifer ^f   Gany, Francesca ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Wellness Community   (United States)

^e Wellness Community Greater Miami   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONLINE SUPPORT GROUP; PRIVACY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL WORKER; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54949134034     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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