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Social Support, Support Groups, and Breast Cancer: A Literature Review

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 1995

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A review of medical, social science, and “grassroots” literature on support groups and breast cancer, this paper concerns the need among women living with breast cancer and their caregivers for more information on the efficacy of social support as a therapeutic intervention. The literature has been subdivided into reviews of articles dealing with professionally led support groups, community-based support groups, support groups and survival, and support groups and psychological adjustment.

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Cet article est une recension de la documentation médicale, sociale, et «populaire» sur les groupes de soutien, les groupes d'entraide, et le cancer du sein. Il porte sur les femmes victimes du cancer du sein et leurs prestateurs de soins qui pourraient avoir besoin de s'informer davantage sur l'efficacité du soutien social en tant qu'intervention thérapeutique. La documentation a été divisée en compte-rendus d'articles portant sur les groupes de soutien animés par des professionnels, les groupes d'entraide communautaires, l'aspect des groupes de soutien et de la survie, et les groupes de soutien et l'adaptation psychologique.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 14Number 2September 1995
Pages: 207 - 227

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Version of record online: 5 May 2009

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Barbara Mclean
University of Western Ontario

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