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. 2014 Aug 1;16(6):338-345.
doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000081.

A Place to Get Worse: Perspectives on Avoiding Hospitalization from Patients with End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease

Susan E Lowey  1 , Sally A Norton  1 , Jill R Quinn  1 , Timothy E Quill  1
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A Place to Get Worse: Perspectives on Avoiding Hospitalization from Patients with End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease

Susan E Lowey et al. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. .
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