Research article

What "best practice" could be in Palliative Care: an analysis of statements on practice and ethics expressed by the main Health Organizations

Gaia Barazzetti^1,⁵, Claudia Borreani², Guido Miccinesi³^* and Franco Toscani⁴

¹ Department of Philosophy University "Vita-Salute San Raffaele" Milan - Italy

² Psychology Unit National Cancer Institute Milan - Italy

³ ISPO Institute for the study and prevention of cancer Florence - Italy

⁴ Scientific Director Research Institute for palliative medicine "Lino Maestroni" Cremona - Italy

⁵ Current Address: University of Lausanne, EPFL College of Humanities, Switzerland

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BMC Palliative Care 2010, 9:1 doi:10.1186/1472-684X-9-1

Published: 7 January 2010

Additional file 1:

list of documents. list of documents with name and level of representativeness of the organizations, and code assigned for the text analysis.

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quotations. quotations from selected documents sorted by areas and subareas.

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