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Illness perception and coping among women living with breast cancer in Ghana: an exploratory qualitative study

OBJECTIVE: Illness perception has been shown to have significant influence on the well-being and coping strategies of persons living with chronic medical conditions. Understanding of how women living with breast cancer cognitively and emotionally represent their illness and coping strategies used is...

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Autores principales:	Kugbey, Nuworza, Oppong Asante, Kwaku, Meyer-Weitz, Anna
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2020
Materias:	Oncology
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7365420/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32665380 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033019

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