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. 2023 Aug 1;19(5):289-292.
doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001137. Epub 2023 Jun 15.

Widespread Misinterpretation of Advance Directives and Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments Threatens Patient Safety and Causes Undertreatment and Overtreatment

Ferdinando Mirarchi, Thaddeus Mason Pope  1
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Widespread Misinterpretation of Advance Directives and Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments Threatens Patient Safety and Causes Undertreatment and Overtreatment

Ferdinando Mirarchi et al. J Patient Saf. .
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