Attitude and Self-Reported Practice Regarding Hospice Referral in a National Sample of Internists

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-248

  Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a   Christakis, Nicholas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 80054822340     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.1998.1.241     Document Type: Article

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