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Anxiety and depression in women with advanced cancer : implications for counselling.

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Anxiety and depression in women with advanced cancer : implications for counselling. / Payne, Sheila.
In: Counselling Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3, 07.1989, p. 337-343.

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Payne S. Anxiety and depression in women with advanced cancer : implications for counselling. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. 1989 Jul;2(3):337-343. doi: 10.1080/09515078908256687

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Payne, Sheila. / Anxiety and depression in women with advanced cancer : implications for counselling. In: Counselling Psychology Quarterly. 1989 ; Vol. 2, No. 3. pp. 337-343.

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