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Editorial
. 2018 Nov;7(11):5325-5326.
doi: 10.1002/cam4.1804. Epub 2018 Oct 10.

Compassion is a key quality for palliative care teams

Jung Hun Kang  1   2 , Se Il Go  3 , Eduardo Bruera  4
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Editorial

Compassion is a key quality for palliative care teams

Jung Hun Kang et al. Cancer Med. 2018 Nov.

Abstract

Multidisciplinary team members including doctors, nurses, and chaplains, and social workers involve palliative. Therefore, it is not easy to define palliative care in a word. We are convinced that compassion is at the core of palliative care.

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