Better off dead: Suicidal thoughts in cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 4725-4730

  Walker, Jane ^a   Waters, Rachel A ^a   Murray, Gordon ^a   Swanson, Helen ^a   Hibberd, Carina J ^a   Rush, Robert W ^a   Storey, Dawn J ^a   Strong, Vanessa A ^a   Fallon, Marie T ^a   Wall, Lucy R ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE; THINKING;

EID: 54249095254     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.11.8844     Document Type: Article

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