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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Christina Vadeboncoeur

  2. Palliative Care Program, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and Roger Neilson House, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Christina Vadeboncoeur

  3. Department of Paediatrics, Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Chi-Kong Li

  4. Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong

    Chi-Kong Li

  5. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

    Chi-Kong Li

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    Julia Downing

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Vadeboncoeur, C., Li, CK. (2020). Fatigue. In: Downing, J. (eds) Children’s Palliative Care: An International Case-Based Manual. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27375-0_9

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