My wonderful life: A board game for patients with advanced cancer

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-161

  Pon, Alicia K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; board game; life review; preparation for death

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953990493     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IL.18.2.e     Document Type: Article

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