Maintaining personhood within family life: a qualitative study of home-based palliative care for patients with advanced cancer in urban China

BMC Palliative Care · Published 2026-06-26 · DOI 10.1186/s12904-026-02204-y

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Shan Zhang, Xiaotian Zhang, Yuan Qin, Minghui Wang, Zhaoyu Li, Lijie Xu, Xiaohong Ou, Zidan Wang, Yao Xiao, Lingling Wu, Peng Yue

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2026

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Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Qin, Y., et al. (2026). Maintaining personhood within family life: a qualitative study of home-based palliative care for patients with advanced cancer in urban China. BMC Palliative Care. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-026-02204-y

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