Palliative caregivers who would not take on the caring role again.

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Published in J Pain Symptom Manage on January 12, 2011

Authors

David C Currow1, Catherine Burns, Meera Agar, Jane Phillips, Nikki McCaffrey, Amy P Abernethy

Author Affiliations

1: Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia. david.currow@flinders.edu.au

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