Hospital staff attributions of the causes of physician variation in end-of-life treatment intensity

scientific article published on 26 March 2009

Hospital staff attributions of the causes of physician variation in end-of-life treatment intensity is …
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P356DOI10.1177/0269216309103664
P932PMC publication ID2707029
P698PubMed publication ID19324922
P5875ResearchGate publication ID24237658

P2093author name stringR M Arnold
A E Barnato
M R Larochelle
K L Rodriguez
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P433issue5
P304page(s)460-470
P577publication date2009-03-26
P1433published inPalliative MedicineQ7127852
P1476titleHospital staff attributions of the causes of physician variation in end-of-life treatment intensity
P478volume23

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