The hard task of improving the quality of care at the end of life.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on March 27, 2000

Authors

R S Morrison1, A L Siu, R M Leipzig, C K Cassel, D E Meier

Author Affiliations

1: The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, New York, NY 10029, USA. sean.morrison@mssm.edu

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