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Review
. 2014 Apr 1;186(6):425-32.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.121274. Epub 2013 Jul 15.

Just ask: discussing goals of care with patients in hospital with serious illness

John J You, Robert A Fowler, Daren K Heyland; Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network (CARENET)
Review

Just ask: discussing goals of care with patients in hospital with serious illness

John J You et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Predicting 1-year mortality after admission to hospital. Note: ADL = activities of daily living. *Includes hematologic malignant disease.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
End-of-life trajectories. Reproduced with permission from Lunney JR, Lynn J, Hogan C. Profiles of older medicare decedents. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50:1108–12.
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