Rural Palliative Care Patients' Attitudes toward Telemedicine Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study.

J Palliat Med

Palliative Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon and Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

Published: August 2021

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