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I want to fly home: a terminal cancer patient’s right to go home

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Zanartu, C. I want to fly home: a terminal cancer patient’s right to go home. Support Care Cancer 22, 2879–2882 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-014-2391-0

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