Terminal illness in a psychiatric patient—Issues and ethics
✍ Scribed by S.M. Levin; M.B. Feldman
- Book ID
- 103913911
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0738-3991
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