Palliative care in primary care: a study to determine whether patients and professionals agree on symptoms.

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Published in Br J Gen Pract on January 01, 2006

Authors

Gail Ewing1, Margaret Rogers, Stephen Barclay, Janet McCabe, Anna Martin, Malcolm Campbell, Chris Todd

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RF, UK. ge200@cam.ac.uk

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