Revival of the death instinct: A view from contemporary biology

Neuropsychoanalysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-75

  Hoffman, Thomas ^a  

^a Baltimore Washington Institute for Psychoanalysis   (United States)

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EID: 33746316127     PISSN: 15294145     EISSN: 20443978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15294145.2004.10773441     Document Type: Article

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