Palliative Care Integration Project (PCIP) quality improvement strategy evaluation.

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Published in J Pain Symptom Manage on March 20, 2008

Authors

Deborah J Dudgeon1, Christine Knott, Mary Eichholz, Jacqueline Lochhaas Gerlach, Cheryl Chapman, Raymond Viola, Janice Van Dijk, Sharon Preston, Diane Batchelor, Emma Bartfay

Author Affiliations

1: Queen's Palliative Care Program, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Palliative Care Integration Project Evaluation Committee, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. dudgeond@kgh.kari.net

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