From discovery to recovery and beyond: The role of voluntary health sector organizations in the lives of women with breast cancer

Advances in Medical Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages 151-176

  Greenspan, Itay ^a   Handy, Femida ^a  

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EID: 56849112805     PISSN: 10576290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-6290(08)10008-0     Document Type: Review

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