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The Effects of a Problem-Solving Intervention with Spouses of Cancer Patients

Christina G. Blanchard MSW, PhD Medicine and Psychiatry, Division of Medical Oncology, A-52, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 12208, USA
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Ronald W. Toseland MSW, PhD Ringel Institute of Gerontology, School of Social Welfare, State University of, New York, Albany, USA
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Philip McCallion MSW, PhD Ringel Institute of Gerontology, School of Social Welfare, State University of, New York, Albany, USA
Pages 1-21 | Published online: 23 Sep 2008

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