End-of-Life Care for a Man with Developmental Disabilities
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End-of-life care for a man with developmental disabilities.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.16.1.58