'A little bitty spot and I'm a big man': patients' perspectives on refusing diagnosis or treatment for lung cancer.

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Published in Psychooncology on August 01, 2005

Authors

Barbara F Sharf1, Linda A Stelljes, Howard S Gordon

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Communication, Texas A and M University, ms 4234, College Station, Texas 77843-4234, USA. bsharf@tamu.edu

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