Note: The link below is to the table of contents for the current issue of JAMA (Vol. 315, No. 3, January 19, 2016). Check with your organization’s information center for availability.
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A. “Comparison of Site of Death, Health Care Utilization, and Hospital Expenditures for Patients Dying With Cancer in 7 Developed Countries,” by Justin E. Bekelman, Scott D. Halpern, Carl Rudolf Blankart, Julie P. Bynum, Joachim Cohen, Robert Fowler, Stein Kaasa, Lukas Kwietniewski, Hans Olav Melberg, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Mariska Oosterveld-Vlug, Andrew Pring, Jonas Schreyogg, Connie M. Ulrich, Julia Verne, Hannah Wunsch, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, for the International Consortium for End-of-Life Research (ICELR) (p. 272-283).
B. “Family Perspectives on Aggressive Cancer Care Near the End of Life,” by Alexi A. Wright, Nancy L. Keating, John Z. Ayanian, Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, Katherine L. Kahn, Christine S. Ritchie, Jane C. Weeks, Craig C. Earle, and Mary B. Landrum (p. 284-292).