JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 528-530 , September 2010

End-of-Life Care in a PACE Program: Respecting the Patient's Wishes While Supporting the Caregiver

  • Abisola B. Famakinwa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Abisola B. Famakinwa, MD, Geriatrics and Extended Care, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730.

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PII: S1525-8610(10)00091-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.03.002

JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 528-530 , September 2010

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