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Overcoming the hurdles: setting up clinical trials in three UK hospices

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Overcoming the hurdles: setting up clinical trials in three UK hospices. / Dunleavy, Lesley; Griggs, Anita; Wiley, Gail et al.
In: International Journal of Palliative Nursing, Vol. 17, No. 3, 03.2011, p. 131-134.

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Harvard

Dunleavy, L, Griggs, A, Wiley, G & Hughes, M 2011, 'Overcoming the hurdles: setting up clinical trials in three UK hospices', International Journal of Palliative Nursing, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 131-134.

APA

Dunleavy, L., Griggs, A., Wiley, G., & Hughes, M. (2011). Overcoming the hurdles: setting up clinical trials in three UK hospices. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 17(3), 131-134.

Vancouver

Dunleavy L, Griggs A, Wiley G, Hughes M. Overcoming the hurdles: setting up clinical trials in three UK hospices. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 2011 Mar;17(3):131-134.

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Dunleavy, Lesley ; Griggs, Anita ; Wiley, Gail et al. / Overcoming the hurdles : setting up clinical trials in three UK hospices. In: International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 2011 ; Vol. 17, No. 3. pp. 131-134.

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