A support group for fathers whose partners died from cancer

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-173

  Yopp, Justin Michael ^a,b   Rosenstein, Donald Lee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; SPOUSE;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PEER GROUP; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SPOUSES;

EID: 84875675752     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/13.CJON.169-173     Document Type: Article

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