Not just bricks and mortar: Planning hospital cancer services for Aboriginal people

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Thompson, Sandra C ^a,b   Shahid, Shaouli ^c   Bessarab, Dawn ^c   Durey, Angela ^c   Davidson, Patricia M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 79952514953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-62     Document Type: Article

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