Dignity Amidst Liminality: Healing Within Suffering Among Chinese Terminal Cancer Patients

Death Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 953-970

  Ho, Andy H Y ^a   Leung, Pamela P Y ^a   Tse, Doris M W ^b   Pang, Samantha M C ^c   Chochinov, Harvey M ^d   Neimeyer, Robert A ^e   Chan, Cecilia L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e University of Memphis   (United States)

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EID: 84880295569     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2012.703078     Document Type: Article

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