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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 PhD
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Carrie 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 FCFP
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Amy Tan
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
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Marissa Slaven
Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Division of Palliative Care at McMaster University.
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Doug Klein
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta.
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Daren 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.
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vol. 61 no. 8 663-665
PubMed 
26273075

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0008-350X
Online ISSN 
1715-5258
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  • Published online August 13, 2015.

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  1. Michelle Howard, MSc PhD⇑
  1. Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
  1. Correspondence: Dr Michelle Howard; e-mail mhoward{at}mcmaster.ca
  1. Carrie Bernard, MD MPH CCFP FCFP
  1. 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.
  1. Amy Tan, MD CCFP MSc
  1. Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
  1. Marissa Slaven, MD FRCPC
  1. Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Division of Palliative Care at McMaster University.
  1. Doug Klein, MD CCFP
  1. Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta.
  1. Daren K. Heyland, MD FRCPC MSc
  1. 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.

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