Community palliative care in Hong Kong

Death, Dying and Bereavement: A Hong Kong Chinese Experience

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 183-193

  Liu, Faith Chun Fong ^a  

^a HongKong Association for the Health Care   (Hong Kong)

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