Information needs in terminal illness.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on May 01, 1999

Authors

J S Kutner1, J F Steiner, K K Corbett, D W Jahnigen, P L Barton

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA. jean.kutner@uchsc.edu

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