Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 174-182 , August 2010

Hope in the Context of Lung Cancer: Relationships of Hope to Symptoms and Psychological Distress

,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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 This study was supported by National Cancer Institute Grant R01 CA91947.

PII: S0885-3924(10)00327-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.01.014

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 174-182 , August 2010

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