Denial of illness: Basal cell carcinoma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1343-1344

  Flynn, Timothy Corcoran ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cary Skin Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLINDNESS; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENIAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7044234489     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30400.x     Document Type: Article

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