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Original Article

Psychiatric Morbidity Among Cancer Patients and its Relationship with Awareness of Illness and Expectations About Treatment Outcome

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Pages 623-626 | Received 29 Dec 1993, Accepted 19 Aug 1993, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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