Emotional support for cancer patients: what do patients really want?

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Published in Br J Cancer on October 01, 1996

Authors

M L Slevin1, S E Nichols, S M Downer, P Wilson, T A Lister, S Arnott, J Maher, R L Souhami, J S Tobias, A H Goldstone, M Cody

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Oncology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.

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