Fear of personal death among physicians

Omega

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-149

  Hamama Raz, Yaira ^a,b   Solomon, Zahava ^a   Ohry, Avrahm ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

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EID: 23044523902     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/7G35-4CH6-KDRG-MH38     Document Type: Article

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