The relief of existential suffering

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1501-1505

  Kissane, David W ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DYING; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84868279442     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3633     Document Type: Article

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