Family physician involvement in cancer care and lung cancer patient emotional distress and quality of life
✍ Scribed by Michèle Aubin; Lucie Vézina; René Verreault; Lise Fillion; Éveline Hudon; François Lehmann; Yvan Leduc; Rénald Bergeron; Daniel Reinharz; Diane Morin
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 286 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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