Addressing the psychological and psychiatric domain of palliative care

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 23-24

  Strada, E Alessandra ^a,b   Breitbart, William ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 75449109200     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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