'A Living Model': A Resource Manual for Indigenous Palliative Care Service DeliveryThe brief for this project was to develop an innovative model for Indigenous palliative care, based on research situated within the Aboriginal communities of the Northern Territory. The aim is to report the findings from the study, as close to verbatim as possible. |
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