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Irene Higginson, MD, on Palliative and End-of-Life Care: An International Perspective

2015 IPOS APOS World Congress of Psycho-Oncology

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Irene Higginson, MD, of Cicely Saunders International, discusses the goals of psychosocial palliative care for patients around the world with advanced cancer.



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