Learning to Care for People with Chronic Illness Facing the End of Life
ResearchPosted on rand.org 2000Published in: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, v. 284, no. 19, Nov. 15, 2000, Editorial, p. 2508-2511
Seventy-eight percent of people in the United States live past their 65th birthday, and more than three quarters of them will contend with cancer, stroke, heart disease, obstructive lung disease, or dementia during their last year of life
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- Copyright: American Medical Association
- Availability: Non-RAND
- Year: 2000
- Pages: 4
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
- Document Number: EP-200011-13
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