Are home visits by a specialist lung cancer nurse worthwhile?

A. Bain, R. Rabbini, M. B. Allen (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Lung cancer: treatment
Session: Lung cancer: treatment
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2938

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