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J Caring Sci. 2016;5(1): 43-55. doi: 10.15171/jcs.2016.005
PMID: 26989665        PMCID: PMC4794544

Original Research

The Lived Experience of Iranian Women Confronting Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Esmat Mehrabi 1, Sepideh Hajian 2 * , Masoomeh Simbar 2, Mohammad Hoshyari 3, Farid Zayeri 4

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