Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 241-250 , March 2004

Existential pain—an entity, a provocation, or a challenge?

,Accepted 21 July 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.07.003

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 241-250 , March 2004

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