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The meaning of the mountain: exploring breast cancer survivors' lived experiences of subjective well‐being during a climb on Mt. Kilimanjaro

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Pages 1-16 | Received 03 Jun 2009, Accepted 30 Sep 2009, Published online: 17 Feb 2010

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