Changing end-of-life planning: The Oregon experience

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 311-317

  Tolle, Susan W ^a   Tilden, Virginia P ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DYING; HEALTH CARE COST; LONG TERM CARE; MASS MEDIUM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036218108     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109662102753641322     Document Type: Article

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