Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 94-102 , July 2009

Hospice and Palliative Medicine: New Subspecialty, New Opportunities

  • Tammie E. Quest, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Tammie E. Quest, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30303; 404-616-2231, fax 404-616-6182
    • ,
  • Catherine A. Marco, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
    • ,
  • Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population Health-Bioethics and Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Received 30 October 2007 ,Revised 17 November 2008 ,Accepted 25 November 2008.

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 Supervising editors: Robert J. Zalenski, MD, MA; Michael L. Callaham, MD

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Dr. Quest is funded as a co-investigator by the National Cancer Institute (5 R25 CA116472) for work on the EPEC™-Emergency Medicine Project.

 Publication date: Available online January 29, 2009.

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PII: S0196-0644(08)02058-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.019

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 94-102 , July 2009

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