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On the need for person-centered approaches to the care of patients living with motor neurone disease. A Commentary on Aoun, S. et al. (2018) EJPCH 6 (2) 320-328 & Aoun, S. (2018) EJPCH 6 (4) 675-684

Andrew Miles, Jonathan Elliot Asbridge

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Accompaniment, amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), anxiety, care, carers, centre of care, clinical communication, clinical tools, clinical training, compassionate communities, coping, cure, depression, diagnosis, disease trajectory, distress, economics,

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ESPCH Clinical Conferences and Guidance Documents Programme (2019 - 2029). For information on the nature of the programme and its associated methodologies, and for academic collaboration and philanthropic/commercial involvement, contact Professor Andrew Miles, ESPCH Senior Vice President/Secretary General: andrew.miles@pchealthcare.org.uk.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v7i1.1735

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