Adopting a survivor identity after cancer in a peer support context

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 427-436

  Morris, Bronwyn A ^a,b   Lepore, Stephen J ^c   Wilson, Bridget ^a,b   Lieberman, Morton A ^d   Dunn, Jeff ^a,b,e   Chambers, Suzanne K ^a,b,f,g,h  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Peer support; Posttraumatic growth; Survivor identity

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PEER GROUP; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84905741856     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-014-0355-5     Document Type: Article

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