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Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, on Palliative Care in Oncology: A Fellows Curriculum

2017 Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium

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Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, of OhioHealth, discusses an online curriculum that changed younger physicians’ use of palliative medicine in practice during the year after fellowship training (Abstract 202).



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