'Are you depressed?' Screening for depression in the terminally ill

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 674-676

  Chochinov, Harvey Max ^a   Wilson, Keith G ^b   Enns, Murray ^b   Lander, Sheila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0030990386     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.5.674     Document Type: Article

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