Masukawa, Kento
Aoyama, Maho
Morita, Tatsuya
Kizawa, Yoshiyuki
Tsuneto, Satoru
Shima, Yasuo
Miyashita, Mitsunori
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Japan Hospice Palliative Care Foundation
Article History
Received: 8 March 2018
Accepted: 12 April 2018
First Online: 20 April 2018
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