Surrogate decision makers' interpretation of prognostic information: a mixed-methods study.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on March 06, 2012

Authors

Lucas S Zier1, Peter D Sottile, Seo Yeon Hong, Lisa A Weissfield, Douglas B White

Author Affiliations

1: University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0119, USA.

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