Doctor's Perception and Referral Barriers toward Palliative Care for Advanced Cancer Patients
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Lee, Jae-Ri
(Department of Family Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Lee, Jung-Kwon (Department of Family Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Hwang, Sun-Jin (Department of Family Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Ji-Eun (Department of Family Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Chung, Ji-In (Center for Health Promotion, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Si-Young (Division of Medical Oncology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine) |
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