Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Death in the Intensive Care Unit.

J Palliat Med

4 Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian , New York, New York.

Published: October 2017

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