Palliative care in cancer: managing patients' expectations.

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Published in J Med Radiat Sci on August 09, 2016

Authors

Wsam A Ghandourh1

Author Affiliations

1: Discipline of Medical Radiation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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