Social support and hopelessness in patients with breast cancer

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 571-578

  Öztunç, Gürsel ^a   Yeşil, Pinar ^a   Paydaş, Semra ^b   Erdogan, Semra ^c  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hope; Social support; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877100723     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.1.571     Document Type: Article

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