Exploring Dream Work at End of Life

Dreaming

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-171

  Goelitz, Ann ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

dream work; end of life; guided imagery; terminal illness; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048954809     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1053-0797.17.3.159     Document Type: Article

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