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Life-prolonging treatment in nursing homes: how do physicians and nurses describe and justify their own practice?
- Correspondence to Anne Dreyer, Aalesund University College/Section for Medical Ethics, Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Bredelia 8, Aalesund 6018, Norway; aod{at}hials.no
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Life-prolonging treatment in nursing homes: how do physicians and nurses describe and justify their own practice?
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- Received February 24, 2010
- Accepted March 31, 2010
- First published June 16, 2010.
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February 15, 2017
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