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A standardized approach to bereavement risk-screening: a quality improvement project

Sue E. MorrisDepartment of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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, PsyDORCID Icon,
Courtney M. AndersonDepartment of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA;
, MPH,
Sarah J. TarquiniDepartment of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;
, PhD &
Susan D. BlockDepartment of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
, MD
Pages 406-417 | Published online: 29 Dec 2019

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