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Matching the clinical function and symptom status with the expectations of patients with advanced cancer, their families, and health care workers

✍ Scribed by H. Neuenschwander; Eduardo Bruera; Franco Cavalli

Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 134 KB
Volume: 5
Category: Article
ISSN: 0941-4355
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050069

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