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Advance Directives: A Computer Assisted Approach to Assuring Patients’ Rights and Compliance with PSDA and JCAHO Standards

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Don Murphy, G., Schenkenberg, T., Hunter, J.S. et al. Advance Directives: A Computer Assisted Approach to Assuring Patients’ Rights and Compliance with PSDA and JCAHO Standards. HEC Forum 9, 247–255 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008893020929

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