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Advance care planning before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational cohort study of 73 675 patients’ records

Philippa G McFarlane, Catey Bunce, Katherine E Sleeman, Martina Orlovic, Jonathan Koffman, John Rosling, Alastair Bearne, Margaret Powell, Julia Riley and Joanne Droney
BJGP Open 2024; 8 (4): BJGPO.2023.0145. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0145
Philippa G McFarlane
1 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
2 The Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, London, UK
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Katherine E Sleeman
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Martina Orlovic
1 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Julia Riley
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vol. 8 no. 4 BJGPO.2023.0145
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0145
PubMed 
38688533

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History 
  • Received August 9, 2023
  • Revision received February 6, 2024
  • Accepted February 29, 2024
  • Published online January 2, 2025.

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  1. Philippa G McFarlane1,2,*,
  2. Catey Bunce1,
  3. Katherine E Sleeman2,
  4. Martina Orlovic1,
  5. Jonathan Koffman3,
  6. John Rosling1,
  7. Alastair Bearne1,
  8. Margaret Powell1,
  9. Julia Riley1,4 and
  10. Joanne Droney1,4
  1. 1 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  2. 2 The Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, London, UK
  3. 3 Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, Heslington, UK
  4. 4 Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, London, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Philippa G McFarlane, Philippa.mcfarlane1{at}nhs.net
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Philippa G McFarlane, Catey Bunce, Katherine E Sleeman, Martina Orlovic, Jonathan Koffman, John Rosling, Alastair Bearne, Margaret Powell, Julia Riley, Joanne Droney
BJGP Open 2024; 8 (4): BJGPO.2023.0145. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0145
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