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. 2017 Sep;22(9):1020-1021.
doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0172. Epub 2017 Jun 7.

The Patients We Have to See

Kelly E Irwin  1   2   3
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The Patients We Have to See

Kelly E Irwin. Oncologist. 2017 Sep.

Abstract

A psychiatrist and health services researcher, specializing in serious mental illness and cancer, discusses the need for the integration of mental health care and cancer care to promote equity in patient care.

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