Bakitas, Marie http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2913-2053
Dionne-Odom, J. Nicholas
Pamboukian, Salpy V.
Tallaj, Jose
Kvale, Elizabeth
Swetz, Keith M.
Frost, Jennifer
Wells, Rachel
Azuero, Andres
Keebler, Konda
Akyar, Imatullah
Ejem, Deborah
Steinhauser, Karen
Smith, Tasha
Durant, Raegan
Kono, Alan T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Palliative Care Research Center
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research (1K99NR015903)
NIH/National Cancer Institute (2R25CA047888-24)
American Cancer Society (RSG PCSM – 124668)
Article History
Received: 10 April 2017
Accepted: 1 August 2017
First Online: 31 August 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the institutional review boards of Dartmouth College (Lebanon, New Hampshire) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, Alabama). All patients and family caregivers provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
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