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01-02-2020 | Mood Disorders | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the editor: “Improving information to caregivers of cancer patients: the Herlev Hospital Empowerment of Relatives through More and Earlier information Supply (HERMES) randomized controlled trial”

Authors: Kohei Kajiwara, Jun Kako, Hiroko Noto, Yasufumi Oosono, Masamitsu Kobayashi

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 2/2020

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To the Editor, …

Lund L, Ross L, Petersen MA, Sengelov L, Groenvold M (2019) Improving information to caregivers of cancer patients: the Herlev Hospital Empowerment of Relatives through More and Earlier information Supply (HERMES) randomized controlled trial. Support Care Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-04900-3

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Title: Letter to the editor: “Improving information to caregivers of cancer patients: the Herlev Hospital Empowerment of Relatives through More and Earlier information Supply (HERMES) randomized controlled trial”
Authors: Kohei Kajiwara
Jun Kako
Hiroko Noto
Yasufumi Oosono
Masamitsu Kobayashi
Publication date: 01-02-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Mood Disorders
Dementia
Affective Disorder
Dementia
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 2/2020
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-04995-8

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