Asian Nursing Research
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 129-139 , June 2008

Effects of Logo-autobiography Program on Meaning in Life and Mental Health in the Wives of Alcoholics

  • Sunhee Cho, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Sunhee Cho, PhD, RN, Research Fellow, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, City University of New York, 425 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010, USA

Received 1 April 2008 ,Revised 2 April 2008 ,Accepted 10 June 2008.

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PII: S1976-1317(08)60036-5

doi: 10.1016/S1976-1317(08)60036-5

Asian Nursing Research
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 129-139 , June 2008