Decision making in palliative care

Decision Making Near the End of Life: Issues, Developments, and Future Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 143-168

  Chang, Victor T ^a   Sambamoorthi, Nethra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203893777     Document Type: Chapter

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