Ethics corner: cases from the Hebrew rehabilitation center for aged-truth or consequences.

J Am Med Dir Assoc

Department of Medicine, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02131, USA.

Published: July 2003

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