The Social Context of Stress and Social Support among Immigrant Latinas Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

Social support plays a crucial role in both the physical and mental adjustment to the diagnosis of breast cancer and its treatment. However, the mediating effects of social support are embedded within the larger, social and cultural contexts in which support given and received. Due to language, cult...

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Main Author: Martinez Tyson, Dinorah
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2008
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Online Access:https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/380
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1379&context=etd