The family meetings in oncology: Some practical guidelines

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Gritti, Paolo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Counseling; Family meetings; General systems theory; Psycho oncology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926677443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01552     Document Type: Article

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