What do cancer support groups provide which other supportive relationships do not? The experience of peer support groups for people with cancer
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- 21 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Social Science & Medicine
- Vol. 62 (10) , 2565-2576
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.10.034
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