The skull beneath the skin: Cancer survival and awareness of death

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 190-198

  Little, Miles ^a   Sayers, Emma Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DYING; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP;

DEATH; FEAR; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NEOPLASMS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 1642341145     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.720     Document Type: Article

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