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The emotional impact of cancer on patients and their families*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

C. Murray Parkes
Affiliation:
St. Christopher's Hospice, 51 Lawrie Park Road, London SE26 6DZ

Abstract

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1975

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