Palliative Care: Improving Quality of Life for the Seriously Ill

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Palliative Care: Improving Quality of Life for the Seriously Ill

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Feb 26, 2013

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Karl Lorenz, a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, discusses how to improve palliative care training for health practitioners and better engage patients in the health care decisionmaking process.

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Feb 26, 2013

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