Can a "good death" be made better?: A preliminary evaluation of a patient-centred quality improvement strategy for severely ill in-patients

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Jeff Powis
Edward Etchells
Douglas K Martin
Susan K MacRae
Peter A Singer
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[1] Sunnybrook and Women's College and Health Sciences Centre,Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
[2] University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics,undefined
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Patient-centred; end-of-life care; quality improvement;
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10.1186/1472-684X-3-2
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