Palliative care for frail older adults: "there are things I can't do anymore that I wish I could . . . ".

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Published in JAMA on November 08, 2006

Authors

Kenneth S Boockvar1, Diane E Meier

Author Affiliations

1: James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA. kenneth.boockvar@mssm.edu

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