## Abstract ## BACKGROUND It is challenging for clinicians to foster coping and allow hope when discussing prognosis and endβofβlife (EOL) issues with terminally ill cancer patients and their caregivers. To the authors' knowledge, little research evidence is currently available to guide clinical p
Patients with cancer and their spouse caregivers. Perceptions of the illness experience
β Scribed by Elizabeth C. Clipp; Linda K. George
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 653 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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