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Letter to the Editor

Palliative care service incorporated in a hematology department: a working model fostering changes in clinical practice

Yishai OfranDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel; ;Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Correspondence[email protected]
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Gil Bar-SelaBruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; ;Department of Oncology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel;
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Miriam ToledanoDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel;
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Irit KushnirSocial Services, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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Bathen MoalemSocial Services, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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Woukelyne GilDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel;
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Natalie KazmanDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel;
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Riva FinemanDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel;
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Pages 2079-2081 | Received 03 Oct 2018, Accepted 26 Dec 2018, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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