title: Standards and guidelines: do they matter?
authors.forename: Frank D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Ferris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States