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Advance care planning
Let’s start sooner
Michelle Howard, Carrie Bernard, Amy Tan, Marissa Slaven, Doug Klein and Daren K. Heyland
Canadian Family Physician August 2015, 61 (8) 663-665;
Michelle Howard
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
MSc PhDCarrie Bernard
Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University and Lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario.
MD MPH CCFP FCFPAmy Tan
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
MD CCFP MScMarissa Slaven
Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Division of Palliative Care at McMaster University.
MD FRCPCDoug Klein
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta.
MD CCFPDaren K. Heyland
Director of the Clinical Evaluation Research Unit at Kingston General Hospital and Professor in the Department of Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Public Health Sciences at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.
MD FRCPC MSc
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Canadian Family Physician
Vol. 61, Issue 8
1 Aug 2015
Advance care planning
Michelle Howard, Carrie Bernard, Amy Tan, Marissa Slaven, Doug Klein, Daren K. Heyland
Canadian Family Physician Aug 2015, 61 (8) 663-665;
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