PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY: RATIONALE AND ITS PAKISTANI PERSPECTIVE

  • Sheheryar Jovindah Internal medicine department and Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Hassan Shahryar Sheikh Medical oncology department and Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

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Published
2017-10-02
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Jovindah S, Sheikh HS. PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY: RATIONALE AND ITS PAKISTANI PERSPECTIVE. J Cancer Allied Spec [Internet]. 2017Oct.2 [cited 2024Mar.28];3(3). Available from: https://journals.sfu.ca/jcas/index.php/jcas/article/view/134