Article History
Received: 29 December 2020
Revised: 19 February 2021
Accepted: 20 April 2021
First Online: 4 May 2021
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.
: Dr. Cohen had full access to the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
: No financial disclosures were reported by the authors of this paper.
: This study was supported in part by resources from VHA’s National Center for Ethics in Health Care. The funding organizations had no role in the design and conduct of the study; the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
: We thank Lucy Potter, MSW, and Sandy Brooks, DPS, of the VHA National Center for Ethics in Health Care for their roles in reviewing this work in the context of VA’s Life-Sustaining Treatment Decision’s Initiative.
: The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position or policy of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the United States government, or VHA National Center for Ethics in Health Care.
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