Psychological defensiveness among heart transplant candidates

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-174

  Williams, Mark A ^a,b   Putzke, John D ^a   LaMarche, Judith A ^a   Bourge, Robert C ^b   Kirklin, James K ^b   McGiffin, David C ^b   Boll, Thomas J ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensiveness; K correction; MMPI; Transplant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040410405     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009560729031     Document Type: Article

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