Negotiating end-of-life decision making: a comparison of Japanese and U.S. residents' approaches.

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Published in Acad Med on July 01, 2005

Authors

Baback B Gabbay1, Shinji Matsumura, Shiri Etzioni, Steven M Asch, Kenneth E Rosenfeld, Toshiaki Shiojiri, Peter P Balingit, Karl A Lorenz

Author Affiliations

1: Veteran's Integrated Palliative Program, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Mail Code 111G, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA. bgabbay@mednet.ucla.edu

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