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What palliative patients and their carers need at home and what a primary health care team can offer – first pilot study in Slovenia Cover

What palliative patients and their carers need at home and what a primary health care team can offer – first pilot study in Slovenia

By: Vesna Homar and  Urša Pogačar  
Open Access
|Jan 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2023-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 48 - 54
Submitted on: Sep 3, 2022
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Accepted on: Nov 21, 2022
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Published on: Jan 3, 2023
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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