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“A Good Death”: Role of Shared Decision Making and Palliative Care in Children with Cardiac Disease

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  1. Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Hanna J. Tadros

  2. Congenital Heart Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Dipankar Gupta

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Tadros, H.J., Gupta, D. “A Good Death”: Role of Shared Decision Making and Palliative Care in Children with Cardiac Disease. Pediatr Cardiol 44, 958–959 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-023-03124-x

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