New Program for Veterans--™ Special Needs Rolls Out in 170 VA Medical Centers

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New Program for Veterans--™ Special Needs Rolls Out in 170 VA Medical Centers

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Researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the University of Alabama at Birmingham have developed one of the first palliative care education programs tailored to veterans' special needs.

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