Improving the Advance Directive Request and Retrieval Process in Critical Access Hospitals: Honoring the Patient's

Faith M Jones1, Tawnie L Sabin, Linda M Torma

  • 1Mineral Regional Health Center, Superior, Montana (Ms Jones); Lean and Community Coordination, Frontier Medicine Better Health Partnership, Mineral Regional Health Center, Superior, Montana (Ms Sabin); and Montana State University College of Nursing (Missoula Campus), Missoula (Dr Torma).

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