Assessing hopelessness in terminally ill cancer patients: Development of the Hopelessness Assessment in Illness Questionnaire.
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Depression, hopelessness, and desire for hastened death in terminally ill patients with cancer.
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Assessment
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1939-134X,1040-3590
DOI: 10.1037/a0021767