AMDA Updated Statement on Stopping Eating and Drinking by Advance Directives (SED by AD).

J Am Med Dir Assoc

AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, Columbia, MD, USA. Electronic address:

Published: March 2023

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