Core themes in a support group for spouses of breast cancer patients

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-157

  Levy, Rany ^a  

^a 1 in 9 Association for Women Coping with Breast Cancer 183   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Caregivers; Israel; Spouses; Support groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953843363     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01609513.2010.538010     Document Type: Article

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