Breast cancer survivors coping with lymphedema: What all counselors need to know

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-338

  Heppner, P Paul ^a   Tierney, Candece Glauser ^a   Wang, Yu Wei ^b   Armer, Jane M ^a   Whitlow, Natalie M ^a   Reynolds, Alysia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650816186     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: 15566676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00114.x     Document Type: Article

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