An exploratory study of loneliness as exprerienced by HIV/AIDS and cancer patients and the general population

Psychology and Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 2-14

  Rokach, Ami ^a   Belpulsi, Fabio ^a  

^a Institute for the Study and Treatment of Psychosocial Stress   (Canada)

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