Improving Cancer Pain Management through a System Wide Commitment

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-385

  Farber, Stuart ^a   Andersen, Wes ^a   Branden, Cherie ^a   Isenhower, Peg ^a   Lamer, Kay ^a   O'reilly, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84964708026     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.1998.1.377     Document Type: Article

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