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Comment
. 2015 Nov 17;187(17):1312.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1150074.

Frailty, thy name is Palliative!

Vincent Maida  1 , Melissa Devlin  1
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Frailty, thy name is Palliative!

Vincent Maida et al. CMAJ. .
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