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Analysis of Inpatient Hospice Pharmacist Interventions Within a Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Danny S. BasriCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1058-923X
ORCID Icon,
Sandra L. DiScala
ORCID Icon,
Abigail T. Brooks
,
Christine M. Vartan
,
Michael A. Silverman
&
Jennifer Quellhorst
Pages 240-247 | Received 27 Dec 2017, Accepted 25 Apr 2019, Published online: 10 Jul 2019

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