Journal article
Better off dead: suicidal thoughts in cancer patients.
- Abstract:
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PURPOSE: Cancer is associated with an increased risk of suicide and attempted suicide. However, we do not know how many cancer patients have thoughts that they would be better off dead or thoughts of hurting themselves. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of such thoughts in cancer outpatients and which patients are most likely to have them. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A survey of consecutive patients who attended the outpatient clinics of a regional cancer center in Edinburgh, United Kin...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 29
- Pages:
- 4725-4730
- Publication date:
- 2008-10-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1527-7755
- ISSN:
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0732-183X
- Source identifiers:
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139806
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:139806
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- Local pid:
- pubs:139806
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2008
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