Research
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Latest papers
Effect of Group Logotherapy on Anxiety About Death and Existential Loneliness in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Cancer nursing · 2023 · senior author
Fatalism in the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Mitigation and Mental Health.
Frontiers in psychology · 2021 · first author
2 publications.
01
Effect of Group Logotherapy on Anxiety About Death and Existential Loneliness in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Heidary M, Heshmati R, Hayes J
Cancer nursing2023Senior author
02
Fatalism in the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Mitigation and Mental Health.
Hayes J, Clerk L
Frontiers in psychology2021First author
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