Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 424-432 , May 2002

Assessing Differences in Care Needs and Service Utilization in Geriatric Palliative Care Patients

  • Martin M Evers, BS
    • ,
  • Diane E Meier, MD
    • ,
  • R.Sean Morrison, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: R. Sean Morrison, MD, Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute—Box 1070, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA

,Accepted 8 August 2001.

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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 424-432 , May 2002

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