United States

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Steel, K., Ribbe, M., Ahronheim, J., Hedrick, H., Selwyn, P. A., Forman, W., Keay, T. 1999. Incorporating education on palliative care into the long-term care setting. National Consensus Conference on Medical Education for Care Near the End of Life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 47 (7) 904-7.
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Gifford, D. R., Lapane, K. L., Gambassi, G., Landi, F., Mor, V., Bernabei, R. 1999. Tacrine use in nursing homes: implications for prescribing new cholinesterase inhibitors. SAGE Study Group. Systematic Assessment of Geriatric Drug Use via Epidemiology.. Neurology. 52 (2) 238-44.
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