Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 59, Issue 4 , Pages 215-222 , October 2005

Coping predicts depression and disability in heart transplant candidates

  • Eileen J. Burker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Allied Health Sciences, Medical School Wing E, University of North Carolina, CB#7205, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7205, USA. Tel.: +1 919 966 9125; fax: +1 919 477 5865
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  • Donna M. Evon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Marci Marroquin Losielle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    • Current address: Avalon Hills Residential Eating Disorder Treatment Program in Petersboro, UT, United States.
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  • Jerry B. Finkel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    • Current address: Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
    • ,
  • Michael R. Mill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Received 26 July 2004

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PII: S0022-3999(05)00175-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.055

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 59, Issue 4 , Pages 215-222 , October 2005

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