Bearing Witness to the "Existential Slap"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
² Supportive Care Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
³ Ethics Committee, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
⁵ Thoracic Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.

William E Rosa et al. J Palliat Med. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;24(4):625-627.

doi: 10.1089/jpm.2020.0525.

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
² Supportive Care Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
³ Ethics Committee, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
⁵ Thoracic Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.

No abstract available

References

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