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Pediatric Cancer Patients' Peer Relationships

The Impact of an Oncology Camp Experience

Myra Bluebond-Langer PhD Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
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Dale Perkel MSW Pedicatric Oncology Social Worker, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
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Ted Goertzel PhD Associate Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Pages 67-80 | Published online: 21 Oct 2010

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