Cancer fatalism: Attitudes toward screening and care

Psychological Aspects of Cancer: A Guide to Emotional and Psychological Consequences of Cancer, Their Causes and Their Management

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 83-99

  Cohen, Miri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4866-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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