Establishment and preliminary outcomes of a palliative care research network

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Funding Acknowledgements

The project was funded by the Victorian Cancer Agency. The authors thank the project's steering committee members for their support and contribution to the project: Sheila Payne; David Brumley, Jackie Kearney, Donna Milne, Sophie Gravel, Tracey Mander, and Mark Cockayne. The authors would like to thank the key informants: Richard Fox, Linda Kristjanson, James Best, Phyllis Butow, Patsy Yates, Sally Redman, David Currow, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Warwick Anderson, David Castle, Michael Ashby, John Zalcberg, Samar Aoun; Michael Jefford, Lynn Oldham, Harshal Nandurkah, Mike Salzberg; Drs. Mark Boughey, Tina Thomas, Melanie Price, Katherine Clark, Meinir Krishnasamy, Peter Martin, Jeremy Couper, Melanie Benson, and Jennifer Tieman, Rebecca James, Christopher Hall, and Jane Hanson. The authors would like to thank Bruce Rumbold, Peter Martin, and Anne Harbison for their support and contribution to the project. The secretarial assistance provided by Emilia Agalianos is also appreciated.