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How to Tell Cancer Patients

A Contribution to a Theory of Communicating the Diagnosis

Piir SalanderDepartment of Oncology, Umea University
, PhD,
A. Tommy BergenheimDepartment of Neurosurgery, Umea University
, MD,
Per BergstromDepartment of Oncology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
&
Roger HenrikssonClinical Oncologist
, PhD
Pages 79-93 | Published online: 12 Oct 2008

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