Overcoming Obstacles to Hospice Care: An Ethical Examination of Inertia and Inaction

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Nursing, Internal Medicine, Palliative Care +13

Survival of Medicare Patients after Enrollment in Hospice Programs

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Nursing, Geriatric Medicine, Hospice Care +8

Death foretold: prophecy and prognosis in medical care

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Clinical Symptoms and Length of Survival in Patients With Terminal Cancer

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The power of compassion: Truth-telling among American doctors in the care of dying patients

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Nursing, Health Law, End-of-life Care +10