Palliative Care for Advanced Pulmonary Diseases: A Call to Action.

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Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address:

Published: December 2024

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