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Editorial
. 2016 Aug;31(8):828-9.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3713-3. Epub 2016 Apr 25.

California's End of Life Option Act: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead

Laura A Petrillo  1   2 , Elizabeth Dzeng  3 , Alexander K Smith  4   5
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Editorial

California's End of Life Option Act: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead

Laura A Petrillo et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: aging; end of life care; health policy; palliative care; physician-assisted death.

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding

Dr. Smith was supported by a career development award from the NIA Paul Beeson Career Development Award in Aging (1K23AG040772). Dr. Dzeng was supported by the UCSF Pepper Center.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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