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. 2018 Jan-Jun;9(1):103-104.
doi: 10.4103/jnsbm.JNSBM_102_17.

"Thanatophobia": Physician's Perspective of Dealing with Patients with Fear of Death

Chandramouli Balasubramanian  1 , Malathy Subramanian  2 , Sarasa Balasubramanian  2 , Amit Agrawal  3 , Savitha Raveendran  4 , Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal  5
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"Thanatophobia": Physician's Perspective of Dealing with Patients with Fear of Death

Chandramouli Balasubramanian et al. J Nat Sci Biol Med. 2018 Jan-Jun.
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