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  1. Elaine Boland
  1. Consultant & Honorary senior lecturer in Palliative Medicine, Queen's Centre for Oncology and Haematology, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Elaine Boland; Elaine.Boland{at}hey.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001321

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    • Competing interests None declared.

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