Dignity therapy: An intervention to diminish psychological distress in palliative care patients;Psychothérapie de la dignité: Une intervention pour réduire la détresse psychologique chez les personnes en soins palliatifs

Psycho-Oncologie

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-175

  Gagnon, P ^a,b,c   Chochinov, H M ^c,d   Cochrane, J P ^b,c   Le Moignan Moreau, J ^b,c   Fontaine, R ^e   Croteau, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Équipe de Recherche de la Maison Michel Sarrazin

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e Maison Michel Sarrazin   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dignity; Distress; Intervention; Palliative care; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960893588     PISSN: 17783798     EISSN: 1778381X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11839-010-0267-1     Document Type: Article

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