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Body Image Problems in Cancer Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2018

Penelope Hopwood  and
G. Peter Maguire
Penelope Hopwood*
Affiliation:
Cancer Research Campaign Psychological Medicine Group
G. Peter Maguire
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, University Hospital of South Manchester, and Cancer Research Campaign Psychological Medicine Group
*
Cancer Research Campaign Psychological Medicine Group, Stanley House, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 9BX, UK
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“The good doctor can no longer be content without this knowledge – that his object is not only to save a life, but also to make the life he saves worth living” (Vasicka et al, 1958). This concept was being put forward 30 years ago by an American doctor, Vasicka, and his colleagues working in a gynaecological tumour clinic.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue S2: The Psychopathology of Body Image , 1988 , pp. 47 - 50
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Copyright © 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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