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Influence of Hospital Culture on Intensity of Care: Liz Dzeng

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More recently Sharon Kaufman ‘s book And a Time to Die described the ways in which physicians, nurses, hospital systems, and payment mechanisms influenced the hour and manner of patient’s deaths. At the end we also pay tribute to Randy Curtis, senior author on this paper and mentor to Liz. I guess the VA is federal though.