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End-of-Life Care for a Man with Developmental Disabilities
Ghan-Shyam Lohiya, Lilia Tan-Figueroa and Francis M. Crinella
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice January 2003, 16 (1) 58-62; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.16.1.58
Ghan-Shyam Lohiya
MD, MS
Lilia Tan-Figueroa
MD
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The Journal of the American Board of Family
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Vol. 16, Issue 1
1 Jan 2003
End-of-Life Care for a Man with Developmental Disabilities
Ghan-Shyam Lohiya, Lilia Tan-Figueroa, Francis M. Crinella
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Jan 2003, 16 (1) 58-62; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.16.1.58
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