Palliative care outcomes in surgical oncology patients with advanced malignancies: a mixed methods approach
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عنوان ژورنال: Quality of Life Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0962-9343,1573-2649
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0065-7