Quality of Life in Heart Transplant Candidates

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-341

  Deshields, Teresa L ^a   Mannen, Kelley ^b   Tait, Raymond C ^c   Bajaj, Varsha ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SSM Rehabilitation Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Psychosocial status; Quality of life; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001304179     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026241500433     Document Type: Article

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