Life prolonging in name only?

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Stephen Workman. Arch Intern Med. 2009.

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doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.273.

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The need for more accurate terminology in discussing end-of-life options.
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Health care costs in the last week of life: associations with end-of-life conversations.
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