Do Older Adults with Completed Advance Directives Really Understand Them? (704)
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Do Advance Directives Direct?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.11.186