Advance Care Planning in Canada: Past experience and current strategies

Advance Care Planning in End of Life Care

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nielsen, AnnMarie ^a   Baxter, Sharon ^a  

^a Coalition of Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Canada; Education; End of life; Health care; Peaediatrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863993905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199561636.003.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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