Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs - Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care

Affiliations

¹ From the New England Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston (K.F.J.); the Division of General Internal Medicine (P.J.) and the Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics (J.M.), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh; the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (D.M.); and the New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (S.M.).

Katie F Jones et al. N Engl J Med. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 30;389(22):2024-2026.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2310123. Epub 2023 Nov 25.

¹ From the New England Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston (K.F.J.); the Division of General Internal Medicine (P.J.) and the Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics (J.M.), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh; the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (D.M.); and the New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (S.M.).

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