Many Palliative Medicine Team Recommendations Are Not Implemented by the Consulting Team. A Study of One Academic Medical Center.

J Pain Symptom Manage

Allegheny Health Network Healthcare @ Home, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address:

Published: July 2017

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