Towards a standardized method of developing quality indicators for palliative care: protocol of the Quality indicators for Palliative Care (Q-PAC) study.

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Published in BMC Palliat Care on February 08, 2013

Authors

Kathleen Leemans1, Joachim Cohen, Anneke L Francke, Robert Vander Stichele, Susanne Jj Claessen, Lieve Van den Block, Luc Deliens

Author Affiliations

1: End-of-Life Care Research Group, Ghent University & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Brussels, 1090, Belgium. kleemans@vub.ac.be.

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