Making sense of end-of-life distress

European Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-21

  Venkateswaran, Chitra ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a   Thekkumpurath, Parvez ^b   Bennett, Michael ^c  

^a Department of Liaison Psychiatry

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38349149835     PISSN: 13522779     EISSN: 14790793     Source Type: Journal    
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