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Despite the emergence of hospices all over the country it is a well-known fact that a higher percentage of cancer patients die in hospital rather than in hospices or at home (OPCS, 1980).
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Ellwood, J. (1995). Nursing care of the dying patient in hospital. In: Robbins, J., Moscrop, J. (eds) Caring for the Dying Patient and the Family. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3376-8_17
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