Nurse-physician collaboration in pain management for terminally ill cancer patients treated at home in Japan

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-261

  Ishikawa, Hirono ^a   Kawagoe, Koh ^b   Kashiwagi, Masayo ^c   Yano, Eiji ^d  

^a School of Medicine

^b Home Care Clinic Kawagoe   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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EID: 38349161929     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970702300403     Document Type: Article

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