Associations between home death and GP involvement in palliative cancer care.

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Published in Br J Gen Pract on September 01, 2009

Authors

Mette A Neergaard1, Peter Vedsted, Frede Olesen, Ineta Sokolowski, Anders B Jensen, Jens Søndergaard

Author Affiliations

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

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