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Health policy issues in South and Southeast Asia

“They just go home and die”: health care and terminal illness in rural northeast Thailand

Alun Williams Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, University of Queensland
,
Elizabeth Bennett Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, University of Queensland
,
Viengkeo Himmavanh Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, University of Queensland
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Fernando Salazar Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, University of Queensland
Pages 98-108 | Published online: 27 Feb 2007

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