Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 659-660 , October 2008

Honoring Our Dead: Creating Worth From the Passing of Our Patients

  • Marc A. Silver, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marc A. Silver, MD, Heart Failure Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center, 4440 West 95th St, Suite 131 NO, Oak Lawn, IL 60453.

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PII: S1071-9164(08)00935-4

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.07.237

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 659-660 , October 2008

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