The challenge of existential issues in acute care: Nursing considerations for the patient with a new diagnosis of lung cancer

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lehto, Rebecca H ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84856668119     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/12.CJON.E1-E8     Document Type: Article

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