Scales for the evaluation of end-of-life care in advanced dementia: sensitivity to change.

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Published in Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord on November 19, 2012

Authors

Dan K Kiely1, Michele L Shaffer, Susan L Mitchell

Author Affiliations

1: Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research, Boston, MA 02131, USA. kiely@.hsl.harvard.edu

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