Benefit-finding in the cancer caregiving experience.

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Published in Psychosom Med on April 09, 2007

Authors

Youngmee Kim1, Richard Schulz, Charles S Carver

Author Affiliations

1: Behavioral Research Center, American Cancer Society, 250 Williams Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. youngmee.kim@cancer.org

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