Research priorities in palliative care for older adults

Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 215-223

  Morrison, R Sean ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 85028594208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0407-5_15     Document Type: Chapter

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