The effect of age on referral to and use of specialist palliative care services in adult cancer patients: a systematic review.

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Published in Age Ageing on June 03, 2006

Authors

Jenni Burt1, Rosalind Raine

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK. jenni.burt@ucl.ac.uk

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