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In the Veteran's Voice: Psychosocial Needs After Cancer Treatment

Michelle M Hilgeman1, Jennifer Moye1, Elizabeth Archambault1

  • 1Dr. Hilgeman is a research psychologist at the Tuscaloosa VAMC in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Dr. Moye is the director of the Geriatric Mental Health Clinic in Brockton, Massachusetts. Ms. Archambault is the geriatrics and palliative care program manager at the West Roxbury Campus of the VA Boston Healthcare System in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. Mr. Gosian is a research coordinator at the VA Boston Healthcare System in Brockton, Massachusetts. Dr. Billings is a staff psychologist at Northshore Psychological Associates, LLC, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Dr. Karel is program coordinator, Home-Based Primary Care Mental Health Initiative, in the Office of Mental Health Services, VA Central Office in Washington, DC, and a staff psychologist at the VA Boston Healthcare System in Brockton, Massachusetts. Dr. Naik is chief of the education program and an investigator at the VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, at the Michael E. DeBakey VAMC in Houston, Texas. Dr. Moye and Dr. Karel are also associate professors at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr Naik is also an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

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