Assessing and managing depression in the terminally ill patient

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-218

  Block, Susan D ^a   Snyder, Lois ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PEMOLINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUICIDE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0034142261     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-3-200002010-00007     Document Type: Article

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