Whose Responsibility Is It? Balancing Individual, Family, and Societal Needs for Supporting Seriously Ill Older Adults
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0002-8614,1532-5415
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15819