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Features of U.S. Primary Care Physicians and Their Practices Associated with Advance Care Planning Conversations

David Nowels, Molly A. Nowels, Julia L. Sheffler, Susan Kunihiro and Hillary D. Lum
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2019, 32 (6) 835-846; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.06.190017

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