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Appendix J
Pages 413-418

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From page 413...
... She joined Mount Sinai in 1995 after 10 years as chief of general internal medicine at the University of Chicago, where she was also professor of medicine and public policy studies, chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine, director of the Center on Aging, Health and Society, director of the Center for Health Policy Research, and George M Eisenberg Professor in Geriatrics.
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From page 414...
... MATTHEW LOSCALZO, M.S.W., is a research associate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the director of oncology social work at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center. He is also the co-director for cancer pain research at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center.
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From page 415...
... JOANNE LYNN, M.D., M.A., M.S., is a professor of health care sciences and medicine and the director of the Center to Improve Care of the Dying, a multidisciplinary center committed to research, education, and advocacy to improve the care of seriously ill persons at The George Washington University Medical Center. As a geriatrician, Dr.
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From page 416...
... Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, Texas. The Pain and Symptom Management Section is a multidisciplinary program involving over 40 health care professionals.
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From page 417...
... Before assuming her current position in 1991, she served for several years as the senior coordinator of the Health Policy Team in the Public Policy Institute. She came to AARP from the Alabama Department of Mental Health where she directed the state's largest hospital-based, pre-release program.
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From page 418...
... She also oversaw the development of AARP's draft proposal for health care reform, Health Care America. Between 1993 and 1995, she served as a consumer representative on the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Future of Dental Education.
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  • psychobehavioral interventions
  • victoria hospital
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  • supportive care
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  • oncology social
  • seriously ill
  • cancer center
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  • care reform
  • resource network
  • evaluation research
  • industrial organization
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  • medical ethics


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