Palliative care need and management in the acute hospital setting: a census of one New Zealand Hospital.

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Published in BMC Palliat Care on March 28, 2013

Authors

Merryn Gott1, Rosemary Frey, Deborah Raphael, Anne O'Callaghan, Jackie Robinson, Michal Boyd

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Building 505, 85 Park Road, Grafton, New Zealand. r.frey@auckland.ac.nz.

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