Life-sustaining treatment and assisted death choices in depressed older patients.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on February 01, 2001

Authors

K Blank1, J Robison, E Doherty, H Prigerson, J Duffy, H I Schwartz

Author Affiliations

1: Braceland Center for Mental Health and Aging, Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut 06106, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Evaluation of the Initial Prescription of Ketamine and Milnacipran for Depression in Palliative Care (KETAPAL) | NCT02783430

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