End-of-life care and pragmatic decision making: A bioethical perspective

End-of-Life Care and Pragmatic Decision Making: A Bioethical Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-184

  Hester, D Micah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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