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End of life
Demise of the LCP: villain or scapegoat?
- Correspondence to Dr David MacKintosh, Palliative Medicine, Central Coast Palliative Care Service, Killarney Vale, New South Wales 2261, Australia; drdmac1{at}gmail.com
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Demise of the LCP: villain or scapegoat?
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- Received August 26, 2014
- Revised September 22, 2014
- Accepted December 29, 2014
- First published January 20, 2015.
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July 24, 2015
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