Spiritual support and African American breast cancer survivors

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-299

  Roff, Lucinda Lee ^a   Simon, Cassandra E ^a   Nelson Gardell, Debra ^a   Pleasants, Heather M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Breast cancer; Religiousness; Spiritual support

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349254425     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109909337372     Document Type: Article

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