Respective limits of palliative care and oncology in the supportive care of cancer patients
β Scribed by E. Bruera; Catherine M. Neumann
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 103 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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