Advance directives and the cost of terminal hospitalization.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on September 26, 1994

Authors

W B Weeks1, L L Kofoed, A E Wallace, H G Welch

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, VT.

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