Breast Cancer, Depression, Culture, and Marital Conflict

The Family Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-65

  Sperry, Len ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; couples therapy; culture; depression; individual counseling; marital conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749252744     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480709356228     Document Type: Article

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