Thoughts on the goals of psychosocial palliative care

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-212

  Breitbart, William ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 48549088086     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951508000345     Document Type: Editorial

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