First international symposium on places of death: An agenda for the 21 st century

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-296

  Kabengele Mpinga, Emmanuel ^a,b   Pennec, Sophie ^c,d   Gomes, Barbara ^e   Cohen, Joachim ^f   Higginson, Irene J ^e   Wilson, Donna ^g   Rapin, Charles Henri ^a  

^a Institut Universitaire Kurt Bosch   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 33846142846     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970602200407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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