Patient Values and Preferences for End-of-Life Treatments: Are Values Better Predictors Than a Living Will?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Palliative Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1096-6218,1557-7740
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0303