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  1. Bill Noble
  1. Correspondence to Dr Bill Noble, Academic Unit of Supportive Care, University of Sheffield, Sykes House, Little Common Lane, Sheffield S11 9NE, UK; bill.noble{at}sheffield.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000807

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    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.