Changes in Sexuality and Intimacy After the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer: The Experience of Partners in a Sexual Relationship With a Person With Cancer

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Cancer Nursing

• Publication date

  2009-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31819b5a93PMID 19444088
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