A mindful approach with end-of-life thoughts

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Pagnini, Francesco ^a,b,c   Phillips, Deborah ^a,b,c   Langer, Ellen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Clinical psychology; End of life issues; Mindfulness; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897672435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00138     Document Type: Note

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