Psychoanalytic reflections on mortality: A reconsideration

Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 181-196

  Rodin, Gary ^a,b   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL, AGE AND GROWTH PARAMETERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AWARENESS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; REPRESSION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 42149097426     PISSN: 15460371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2008.36.1.181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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