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A high impact peer reviewed multi-disciplinary palliative care journal. Research journal of the EAPC. Find us on FB, X, Instagram, LinkedIn. journals.sagepub.com/home/PMJ #hpm #hapc #research #hospice #academicsky

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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Our latest Special Issue is out focused on #Digital Health in #Palliative Care. With thanks to guest editors @amaranwosu.bsky.social and Christoph Ostgathe. Lots to read on telehealth, PROMS, AI, ethics and more. journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
➡️ Editor @catherinewalshe.bsky.social will be at the @pccongress.bsky.social this week. 📚 Do find her to have a chat about anything related to publishing. ☕ At the breaks you are likely to find her at the @ioelc.bsky.social stand - but happy to swop roles to chat publishing.
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gemma-clarke.bsky.social @gemma-clarke.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
NEW PAPER: Our decision-modelling study showed specialist palliative care in England (home and hospital) saved £817M, freed 1.5M hospital bed days, helped 20,000+ people die outside hospital and improved quality of life. #palliativecare #palliativemedicine
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gemma-clarke.bsky.social @gemma-clarke.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Read now in @palliativemedj.bsky.social With thanks to the team led by Dr Peter May, with Dr Elham Nikram, @gemma-clarke.bsky.social , Dr Sarah Mitchell, Prof Irene Higginson and @katherinesleeman.bsky.social , @flissmurtagh.bsky.social
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
New paper, out today in @palliativemedj.bsky.social Specialist palliative care improves patient experience, reduces bed days and saves money: An economic modelling study of home- and hospital-based care journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🚨 Our first issue of 2026 is out! Content includes a peek into how we manage your manuscripts, and papers on psychedelics, pressure ulcers, caregiving, professional identity and more. Check out the table of contents: journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc #palliative
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gemma-clarke.bsky.social @gemma-clarke.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
NEW PAPER People from minority ethnic groups face inequities in palliative and end-of-life care, yet research methods often fail to capture them. We worked with patients, carers, clinicians, and researchers to develop 13 principles for better research on ethnicity in palliative care. #palliativecare
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Simon Etkind @simonnoahetkind.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Just out in @palliativemedj.bsky.social: Our practice review brings together the latest evidence on managing gastric outflow obstruction in palliative care Available open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Want to find grey literature? See our latest methods and methodology paper presenting a 12-element framework to support flexible yet systematic searching of grey literature in #palliative care research journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
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eapcvzw.bsky.social @eapcvzw.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
‘Research output still clusters in high income countries.’ Read this week’s #EAPCblog looking at the 100 most cited research papers bit.ly/42D8raJ @palliativemedj.bsky.social
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Mapping the science of palliative care – name the bias, then bridge it
There has been an increasing amount of palliative care research over the past few decades and the evidence base has been growing fast. For Palliative Medicine Editor’s Choice for October 2025, Fabr…
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Different advance care planning intervention types impact patient outcomes to varying degrees. #hpm #hapc #acp journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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eapcvzw.bsky.social @eapcvzw.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
‘With more people dying in hospitals, the need for volunteer support in this setting will increase’ Find out more in this week’s #EAPCblog bit.ly/4pdKSyP @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @careforthedying.bsky.social @palliativemedj.bsky.social
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Improving holistic palliative care support: perspectives from five countries on hospital end of life care volunteer services
The iLIVE Volunteer Study supported the development and implementation of hospital end of life care volunteer services in five hospitals in five countries. For July’s Palliative Medicine editor’s c…
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eapcvzw.bsky.social @eapcvzw.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
This week’s #EAPCblog ‘We found that volunteers brought meaningful company, comfort and human connection to seriously ill and dying patients in hospitals.’ bit.ly/4pdKSyP @palliativemedj.bsky.social ‪ @careforthedying.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social ‬
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Improving holistic palliative care support: perspectives from five countries on hospital end of life care volunteer services
The iLIVE Volunteer Study supported the development and implementation of hospital end of life care volunteer services in five hospitals in five countries. For July’s Palliative Medicine editor’s c…
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
September issue online today! Assisted dying, advance care planning, sedation, bereavement and more. Check it out at journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc.
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Palliative care and assisted dying: uneasy bedfellows. Read the latest editorial from James Downar and Nancy Preston. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Palliative care and assisted dying: uneasy bedfellows. Read the latest editorial from James Downar and Nancy Preston. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
September issue online today! Assisted dying, advance care planning, sedation, bereavement and more. Check it out at journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc.
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Amara Nwosu @amaranwosu.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Please LISTEN to Heidi Merrington and Angela Dawson describe their research: #PalliativeCare needs of people seeking refuge @palliativemedj.bsky.social #podcast Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/3pWp... Paper journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hapc #hpm #medsky @lancasteruni.bsky.social
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Enhancing the wellbeing of refugees living with advanced life-limiting illness in high-income resettlement countries: A systematic review
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Don Sullivan, MD, MA, MCR, ATSF @donsullivan.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles of the top palliative care articles Jacopo D'Andria Ursoleo et al. @billyrosaphd.bsky.social @palliativemedj.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Mapping the Science of palliative care: A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles - Jacopo D’Andria Ursoleo, Alice Bottussi, Sandy Christiansen, Donald R Sullivan, Kelly C Vranas, William ...
Background: The palliative care evidence base has grown substantially in recent years with the benefits, barriers, and facilitators of care delivery well establ...
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eapcvzw.bsky.social @eapcvzw.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
‘I feel like I need time to heal. But the situation we're in and the demands that we have with our child makes that impossible’. Read this week’s #EAPCblog bit.ly/47k8L1j @palliativemedj.bsky.social
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A call for improved support for parent-carers of children with a life limiting condition: fathers’ health and perspectives of caregiving
With more children living with life limiting conditions, an increasing number of parents are providing extensive care for their child at home. The voices of fathers remain largely unheard in resear…
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Latest paper from the @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social Better End of Life programme. Meta-level evidence supporting provision of in-home palliative care, specialist palliative care and integration of primary pall care w specialist support. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @palliativemedj.bsky.social
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Models, components and outcomes of palliative and end-of-life care provided to adults living at home: A systematic umbrella review of reviews - Sophie Pask, Chukwuebuka Okwuosa, Ahmed Mohamed, Rebecca...
Background: There is growing demand for home-based palliative care because of patient preference, and increased number of deaths. Optimal models for community-b...
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eapcvzw.bsky.social @eapcvzw.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
‘Given the serious impact constipation can have on an individual’s comfort, dignity and wellbeing, and the associated health costs, we would be wise to reconsider our strategies’. Read @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice #EAPCblog by Amy Taylor bit.ly/3HeG3UA
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eapcvzw.bsky.social @eapcvzw.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
‘Given the serious impact constipation can have on an individual’s comfort, dignity and wellbeing, and the associated health costs, we would be wise to reconsider our strategies’. Read @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice #EAPCblog by Amy Taylor bit.ly/3HeG3UA
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Healthcare providers need to consider how the USD-4D needs to be properly embedded in clinical care for patients to optimally benefit from using it. #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Validating the socio-spiritual items of the Utrecht Symptom Diary—4 Dimensional: Content and construct validity - Tom Lormans, Everlien de Graaf, Frederieke van der Baan, Carlo Leget, Saskia Teunissen...
Background: The Utrecht Symptom Diary—4 Dimensional (USD-4D) is a multidimensional Patient-Reported Outcome Measure to monitor symptoms and needs and increase p...
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Multimodal interventions with a focus on symptom control, quality of life, peer support and with psychosocial input appear to be crucial to integrated, effective and patient led supportive care #hpm #hapc #palliativecare #ILD journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Resilience in both wife caregivers and husband caregivers increased over time but husbands had higher levels of resilience than wives. #hpm #hapc #palliativecare journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
As the use of technology to sustain life increases, we need to question how much we expect of family members in providing care for those with complex interventions, such as ventilation, at home. #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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eapcvzw.bsky.social @eapcvzw.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This week’s #EAPCblog @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice ‘In healthcare settings Cognitive Authority plays out in subtle but powerful ways. It shapes which voices are heard, which kinds of knowledge are legitimised, and whose truths are sidelined.’ bit.ly/3Skhfga
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eapcvzw.bsky.social @eapcvzw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This week’s #EAPCblog @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice ‘In healthcare settings Cognitive Authority plays out in subtle but powerful ways. It shapes which voices are heard, which kinds of knowledge are legitimised, and whose truths are sidelined.’ bit.ly/3Skhfga
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Family caregiver-targeted web-based interventions may facilitate spouses’ and patients’ experience of sharing everyday life. #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This study on young-onset #dementia identified future care preferences consistent with a palliative care approach, emphasizing palliative care goals and prioritizing quality of life in decision-making. #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Advance care planning and quality of life: A qualitative interview study in people with young-onset dementia and their family caregivers - Jasper Maters, Marieke Perry, Ton de Wit, Raymond T.C.M. Koop...
Background: The importance of palliative care and advance care planning in dementia is increasingly recognized. However, little is known about the distinct need...
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Amara Nwosu @amaranwosu.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Since 2016 I've produced 138 podcasts for @palliativemedj.bsky.social Podcast #1 by Mary Godfrey explores cancer pain. Mary Godfrey died in 2020, tribute 👇 academic.oup.com/ageing/artic... Paper journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... Podcast sagepalliativemedicine.libsyn.com/godfrey-pati... #hapc
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Amara Nwosu @amaranwosu.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
On the @palliativemedj.bsky.social #podcast Victoria Ali @ioelc.bsky.social describes her reseach about nurses' experience when providing care across acts that may be perceived as death hastening. Podcast👇🏾 open.spotify.com/episode/0B9j... Paper 👇🏾 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hapc
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The experience of nurses when providing care across acts that may be perceived as death hastening: A qualitative evidence synthesis
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eapcvzw.bsky.social @eapcvzw.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This week’s #EAPCblog @palliativemedj.bsky.social’s Editor’s Choice ‘In healthcare settings Cognitive Authority plays out in subtle but powerful ways. It shapes which voices are heard, which kinds of knowledge are legitimised, and whose truths are sidelined.’ bit.ly/3Skhfga
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Congratulations to Matthew Allsop and colleagues for the award of Palliative Medicine 'Paper of the Year' awarded today at #EAPC2025. Very well done for an excellent paper. #hpm #hapc
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
We are delighted to publish the abstracts for #EAPC2025 which starts on Thursday 29th May. They are freely available now, ready to help you select the sessions you attend and posters to view. journals.sagepub.com/toc/pmja/39/... #hpm #hapc #palliativecare #research
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The use of a single question (‘Are you constipated?’) is inadequate in identifying a significant proportion of patients with opioid-induced constipation in people with advanced cancer in Europe. #hpm #hapc mc.manuscriptcentral.com/palliative-m...
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
It is clear that people in receipt of palliative care, and their family/carer(s), wish to play an active role in deprescribing decision-making; consideration now needs to focus on the best approach(es) to achieve this in clinical practice #hpm #hapc journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Recommendations allow clinicians to make a simple distinction between experimental off-label use and scientifically proven off-label use in #palliative medicine. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #hpm #hapc
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
May issue online today. Prescribing, constipation, pulmonary fibrosis and more! journals.sagepub.com/toc/PMJ/curr... #hpm #hapc #palliativecare
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Amara Nwosu @amaranwosu.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Wonderful Editorial Board Meeting for @palliativemedj.bsky.social with excellent colleagues and friends. We all work really hard for you to provide the best possible international journal, to improve palliative care globally. @catherinewalshe.bsky.social #hapc #hpm #medsky #research
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
What would you like us to know as a journal? Its our editorial board meeting tomorrow - all feedback is important to us to consider. You can reply to this post, DM us, or contact editor Catherine Walshe on c.walshe@lancaster.ac.uk #hpm #hapc #palliativecare
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Hannah May Scott @hannahmayscott.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I’m excited to share the third and final paper from my #PhD: Developing a Theory of Change and Implementation Plan to implement a novel child- and family-centred outcome measure in paediatric palliative care. #pedpc Published in @palliativemedj.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/8🧵
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Developing a Theory of Change and Implementation Plan to implement a novel child- and family-centred outcome measure in paediatric palliative care - Hannah May Scott, Inez Gaczkowska, Debbie Braybrook...
Background: To achieve benefits of person-centred outcome measures within routine children’s palliative care, implementation plans and the intended pathways to ...
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Jane Manson @janeylew.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Delighted that our realist review identifying aspects of physiotherapy and occupational therapy which improve outcomes is now published in @palliativemedj.bsky.social @bayly-jo.bsky.social @palldata.bsky.social @thecsp.bsky.social @palliativerehab.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Madhurangi (Madhu) Perera @madhuep.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Here's me talking about our recent paper "Components of home-based palliative and supportive care for adults with heart failure: A scoping review", in @palliativemedj.bsky.social #podcast Would love to hear your thoughts! 🫀🏠 #homebased #supportivecare #pallativecare #heartfailure
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Madhurangi (Madhu) Perera @madhuep.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Sharing our latest article, "Components of Home-Based Palliative and Supportive Care for Adults with Heart Failure: A Scoping Review," published in @palliativemedj.bsky.social Full article on doi.org/10.1177/0269...
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Amara Nwosu @amaranwosu.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Moyke Versluis of IKNL discusses how patient's perception of prognosis changes as their disease progresses. Listen to the @palliativemedj.bsky.social #podcast Paper 📗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... Podcast 🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/6AHM... #hapc #medsky #cancer #palliativecare #hpm
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Changes in perception of prognosis in the last year of life of patients with advanced cancer and its associated factors: Longitudinal results of the eQuiPe study.
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Amara Nwosu @amaranwosu.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Dr Madhurangi Perera discusses components of home based #palliativecare & #supportivecare for people with heart failure. Listen to the @palliativemedj.bsky.social #podcast Paper 📗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... Podcast 🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/4y5W... #palliativecare #hapc #hpm #medsky
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Components of home-based palliative and supportive care for adults with heart failure: A scoping review
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Catherine Walshe @catherinewalshe.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
At @palliativemedj.bsky.social we try hard to help make papers better - its nice to hear that this is appreciated. Sure we don't always get it right of course, and so dependent on our lovely reviewers.
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The next in our series of editorials about Palliative Medicine requirements and processes is now available, this time focused on peer review: buff.ly/3F0Ly80 With many thanks to all who review for us. #hpm #hapc
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