Palliative care in children with cancer: implications for general practice

Affiliations

¹ Princess Máxima Centre for Paediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ University of Southampton, Faculty of Health Sciences, Southampton, UK.

Editorial

Ivana Mm van der Geest et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;66(653):599-600.

doi: 10.3399/bjgp16X688009.

¹ Princess Máxima Centre for Paediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ University of Southampton, Faculty of Health Sciences, Southampton, UK.

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