Community discussions: A vision for cutting the costs of end-of-life care

Nursing Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wholihan, Dorothy J ^a   Pace, James C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84864855993     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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