Impact of a Palliative Care Service on In-Hospital Mortality in a Comprehensive Cancer Center

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Palliative Medicine

• Publication date

  2006-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.894PMID 16910804
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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