"Who Knows?": 10 Steps to Better Prognostication

Palliative Care

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 69-79

  Downing, G Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Victoria Hospice Society   (Canada)

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EID: 84884456192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-1619-1.00005-6     Document Type: Chapter

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