Geriatric Nursing
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 117-124 , March 2008

Views of African American Nursing Home Residents about Living Wills

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doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2007.05.001

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 117-124 , March 2008

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