Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 138-147 , April 2009

Illness-Related Hopelessness in Advanced Cancer: Influence of Anxiety, Depression, and Preparatory Grief

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Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 138-147 , April 2009

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