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The do-not-resuscitate order: associations with advance directives, physician specialty and documentation of discussion 15 years after the Patient Self-Determination Act
- Professor Paul R Helft, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 535 Barnhill Drive, Room 473, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; phelft{at}iupui.edu
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The do-not-resuscitate order: associations with advance directives, physician specialty and documentation of discussion 15 years after the Patient Self-Determination Act
Publication history
- Received July 29, 2007
- Revised October 14, 2007
- Accepted October 16, 2007
- First published August 29, 2008.
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April 27, 2016
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