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Improving Palliative Care for Cancer (2001)
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. "3 Quality of Care and Quality Indicators for End-of-Life Cancer Care: Hope for the Best, Yet Prepare for the Worst." Improving Palliative Care for Cancer. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001.

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