September 9, 2020

Family Meetings on Behalf of Patients with Serious Illness

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Family Meetings on Behalf of Patients with Serious Illness Effective family meetings build rapport and offer support, provide updates about a patient’s medical status and prognosis, and ensure trea...

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Widera et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fd33d4c105307ccb50961a https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmvcm1913056

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