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  1. Jason W Boland
  1. 1Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honrary Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK
  2. 2Care Plus Group and St Andrew's Hospice, Grimsby, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jason Boland; Jason.Boland{at}hyms.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001193

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.