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|Articles|June 21, 2011
- Summer 2011
- Volume 10
- Issue 2
From Our Archives: Advance Directive
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Q & A: Medicare and Advance Care Planning (Spring 2011)
Getting Medicare payment for end-of-life discussions between patients, families and health professionals has not gone well...
The New Specialty in Cancer Care (Spring 2008)
Palliative care is catching on in centers across the country, improving quality of life for patients along the way...
Confronting Death (Summer 2006)
Understanding how and why people approach death differently...
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