The treatment of depression in patients with advanced cancer undergoing palliative care

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-66

  Price, Annabel ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Depression; Palliative care; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 67650321214     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e328325d17a     Document Type: Article

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