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Palliative care in UK prisons: practical and emotional challenges for staff and fellow prisoners

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Palliative care in UK prisons: practical and emotional challenges for staff and fellow prisoners. / Turner, Mary; Peacock, Marian.
In: Journal of Correctional Health Care, Vol. 23, No. 1, 01.2017, p. 56-65.

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Turner, M & Peacock, M 2017, 'Palliative care in UK prisons: practical and emotional challenges for staff and fellow prisoners', Journal of Correctional Health Care, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 56-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078345816684847

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Turner, M., & Peacock, M. (2017). Palliative care in UK prisons: practical and emotional challenges for staff and fellow prisoners. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 23(1), 56-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078345816684847

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Turner M, Peacock M. Palliative care in UK prisons: practical and emotional challenges for staff and fellow prisoners. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 2017 Jan;23(1):56-65. Epub 2017 Jan 18. doi: 10.1177/1078345816684847

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Turner, Mary ; Peacock, Marian. / Palliative care in UK prisons : practical and emotional challenges for staff and fellow prisoners. In: Journal of Correctional Health Care. 2017 ; Vol. 23, No. 1. pp. 56-65.

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