Disclosure of a cancer diagnosis in organizational peer relationships

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-257

  Wittenberg Lyles, Elaine M ^a   Villagran, Melinda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Organizational communication; Peer types

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350766902     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090600962383     Document Type: Article

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