Rehabbed to Death.

N Engl J Med

From the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (D.J.D., A.K.S.), and School of Nursing, Department of Community Health Systems (D.J.D), University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (D.J.D., A.K.S.) - both in San Francisco.

Published: January 2019

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