Diane Portman, MD, on Integrating Palliative Care in Cancer Treatment
2015 Palliative Care in Oncology SymposiumDiane Portman, MD, of Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses clinical pathways that embed palliative care along the spectrum of care for a variety of cancer disease states.
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