Conversations on Goals of Care With Hospitalized, Seriously Ill Patients.

JAMA

Program on Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness, Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Center, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Published: June 2023

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