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Providing comfort : caring for patients who wish to die in their home country

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FERRARO, Kelly | SHARMA, Sandhya | INDOVINA, Kimberly A.

In an increasingly global world, medical teams must be adept at caring for patients who have immigrated. This includes responding to requests to ensure comfort for patients who, after maximizing disease directed treatments, wish to return to their country of origin to die.1,2 This article offers a framework for responding to these requests with equitable patient care.

http://dx.doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.91a.23095

Voir la revue «CLEVELAND CLINIC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 91»

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