Psychological adjustment and suicidal ideation in patients with AIDS

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 927-930

  Gil, Francisco ^a   Passik, Steven ^b   Rosenfeld, Barry ^b   Breitbart, William ^b  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032425684     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.1998.12.927     Document Type: Article

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