Guiding Principles for the Care of Older Adults with Multimorbidity: an Approach for Clinicians: American Geriatrics Society Expert Panel on the Care of Older Adults with Multimorbidity

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Journal J Am Geriatr Soc

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2012 Sep 22

PMID 22994865

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