Content Validation of Advanced Illness Criteria of a Palliative Care Screening Tool

Lauren C DiLello1, Karen Mulvihill1,2, Jennifer Delli Carpini3

  • 11 Departments of Medicine and Research, Western Connecticut Health Network, Danbury Hospital , Danbury, Connecticut.

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