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Barriers to and enablers of advance care planning with patients in primary care

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Michelle Howard, Carrie Bernard, Doug Klein, Dawn Elston, Amy Tan, Marissa Slaven, Doris Barwich, John J. You and Daren K. Heyland
Canadian Family Physician April 2018; 64 (4) e190-e198;
Michelle Howard
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
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Carrie Bernard
Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University and Associate Program Director, Curriculum and Remediation in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario.
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Doug Klein
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
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Dawn Elston
Researcher in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.
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Amy Tan
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
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Marissa Slaven
Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Palliative Care at McMaster University.
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Doris Barwich
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John J. You
Associate Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact and the Department of Medicine at McMaster University.
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Daren K. Heyland
Professor in the Department of Critical Care Medicine and the Department Public Health Sciences at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont, and Director of the Clinical Evaluation Research Unit at Kingston General Hospital.
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Barriers to and enablers of advance care planning with patients in primary care
Michelle Howard, Carrie Bernard, Doug Klein, Dawn Elston, Amy Tan, Marissa Slaven, Doris Barwich, John J. You, Daren K. Heyland
Canadian Family Physician Apr 2018, 64 (4) e190-e198;

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