Palliative care: Special considerations for older adults with cancer

Geriatric Oncology: Treatment, Assessment and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 293-324

  Thompson, Genevieve N ^a   Chochinov, Harvey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89070-8_11     Document Type: Chapter

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