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New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1075-1076

  Parikh, Ravi B ^a   Temel, Jennifer S ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84896802593     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1400243     Document Type: Letter

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