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Jennifer Tjia1, Susan DeSanto-Madeya, Kathleen M Mazor

  • 1Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE, is associate professor of population and quantitative health sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Susan DeSanto-Madeya, PhD, APRN, CNS, is associate clinical professor, Wm. F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Massachusetts. Kathleen M. Mazor, EdD, is professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School; and associate director, Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts. Paul Han, MD, MA, MPH, is director, Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE), Maine Medical Center, Scarborough; and associate professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine. Bryan Nguyen, BS, is candidate for doctor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Tess Curran, BS, is candidate for doctor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Julia Gallagher, MD, is medical director, Home-Based Palliative Care Program, Division of Palliative Care, Massachusetts General Hospital; and instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Margaret F. Clayton, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN, is professor, College of Nursing; and auxiliary faculty member, Department of Communication, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing : JHPN : the Official Journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
|April 30, 2019
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