Single people lack confidence in their ability to cope with bowel cancer
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Single people lack confidence in their ability to cope with bowel cancer

Bowel cancer patients who are single are twice as likely to have little or no confidence in dealing with their condition compared with those who are married or living with a partner (13% compared with 6%), the largest study of its kind has found.

Nursing Standard. 32, 4, 17-17. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.4.17.s21

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