The ethics of space, design and color in an oncology ward.

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Published in Palliat Support Care on August 10, 2012

Authors

Elisabeth Andritsch1, Herbert Stöger, Thomas Bauernhofer, Hans Andritsch, Anne-Katrin Kasparek, Renate Schaberl-Moser, Ferdinand Ploner, Hellmut Samonigg

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria. elisabeth.andritsch@klinikum-graz.at

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