Deconstructing Fatalism: Ethnographic Perspectives on Women's Decision Making about Cancer Prevention and Treatment
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Anthropology Quarterly
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0745-5194
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01136.x