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Tele-clinics in palliative care during the COVID-19 outbreak

Tertiary care cancer center experience

Nabil A. Almouaalamy, Amal A. Jafari and Alaa M. Althubaiti
Saudi Medical Journal April 2022, 43 (4) 394-400; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20210808
Nabil A. Almouaalamy
From the Oncology Department (Almouaalamy), Princess Noorah Oncology Center, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Almouaalamy, Althubaiti); from the College of Medicine (Almouaalamy, Althubaiti), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; and from the Nursing Department (Jafari), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Amal A. Jafari
From the Oncology Department (Almouaalamy), Princess Noorah Oncology Center, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Almouaalamy, Althubaiti); from the College of Medicine (Almouaalamy, Althubaiti), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; and from the Nursing Department (Jafari), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Alaa M. Althubaiti
From the Oncology Department (Almouaalamy), Princess Noorah Oncology Center, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Almouaalamy, Althubaiti); from the College of Medicine (Almouaalamy, Althubaiti), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; and from the Nursing Department (Jafari), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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