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Evaluation of end of life care in cancer patients at a teaching hospital in Japan
- Correspondence to: Yasuharu Tokuda MD, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Gushikawa City, Okinawa 904-2293, Japan; tokuda_yasuharuhosp.pref.okinawa.jp
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Evaluation of end of life care in cancer patients at a teaching hospital in Japan
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- Accepted January 26, 2003
- Revised April 9, 2002
- First published June 1, 2004.
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April 27, 2016
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