Palliative care for cancer patients in a primary health care setting: Bereaved relatives' experience, a qualitative group interview study.

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Published in BMC Palliat Care on January 15, 2008

Authors

Mette Asbjoern Neergaard1, Frede Olesen, Anders Bonde Jensen, Jens Sondergaard

Author Affiliations

1: The Research Unit for General Practice, University of Aarhus, Denmark. man@alm.au.dk

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