Spain: The WHO Demonstration Project of Palliative Care Implementation in Catalonia: Results at 10 Years (1991–2001)

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Xavier Gomez-Batiste, MD, Josep Porta, PhD, MD, Albert Tuca, MD, Esther Corrales, RN, Federico Madrid, MD, Jordi Trelis, MD, Dulce Fontanals, SW, Josep M. Borras, PhD, MD, Jan Stjernsward, PhD, MD, Antoni Salva, MD, and Eduard Rius, MD Palliative Care Service (X.G.-B., J.P., A.T., E.C., F.M., J.T.), Institut Catala d’Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain; Fundacio SAR (D.F.), Barcelona, Spain; Institut Catala d’Oncologia (J.M.B), Barcelona, Spain; Global Cancer Concern (J.S.), Stockholm, Sweden; Divisio Sociosanitaria (A.S.), Servei Catala de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain; and Ministry of Health (E.R.), Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain