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Research ArticleReflections in Family Medicine

Educating our Patients about Life and the End of Life: Toward a Pedagogy of Dying

William Ventres
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2014, 27 (5) 713-716; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.130301
William Ventres
From the Institute for Studies in History, Anthropology, and Archeology, University of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador; and the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.
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