Look good feel better workshops: A big lift for women with cancer

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-99

  Taggart, Linda R ^a,b   Ozolins, Laura ^a,b   Hardie, Heather ^a   Nyhof Young, Joyce ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BEAUTY CULTURE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651159012     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190802664594     Document Type: Article

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