Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 605-609 , March 2010

Dying Tax Free: The Modern Advance Directive and Patients' Financial Values

  • Timothy W. Kirk, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of History & Philosophy, City University of New York—York College, Jamaica, New York, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Timothy W. Kirk, PhD, Department of History & Philosophy, City University of New York—York College, 94-20 Guy R Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11451, USA.
    • ,
  • George R. Luck, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Science, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Regional Campus at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

,Accepted 1 December 2009.

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 Creation of this manuscript was not supported by external funding.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.12.003

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 605-609 , March 2010

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