What Are the Arguments That Show Outpatient Palliative Care Is Beneficial to Medical Systems?

Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 416-420

  Rabow, Michael W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84901859078     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-3796-7.00071-9     Document Type: Chapter

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