Talking with patients and families

Patient Care

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 16-36

  Buckman, Robert ^a,b   Byock, Ira ^c,d   Fry, Virginia Lynn ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Palliative Care Service   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e Hospice and Palliative Care Council of Vermont   (United States)

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EID: 0008846199     PISSN: 0031305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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