What We Must Seek Now: Palliative Care without Borders, Race, and Ethnicity while Preserving Patient Autonomy

Document Type : Letter to the editor

Authors

1 Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Khalkhal, Iran;

2 Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

10.30476/ijcbnm.2025.108531.2900

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