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Factors affecting physicians' decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatments in terminal care
- Correspondence to: Dr H Hinkka, Tahkatie 53, 36200 Kangasala, Finland; hhinkka{at}sci.fi
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Factors affecting physicians' decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatments in terminal care
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- Accepted August 28, 2001
- Revised June 16, 2001
- First published April 1, 2002.
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April 01, 2018
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