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  1. Jason W Boland1,2
  1. 1Hull 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-2016-001268

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    • Competing interests None declared.

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