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Terminal sedation: an emotional decision in end-of-life care
- Correspondence to Dr Simon Noah Etkind, 10 Wyndham Street, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 1AF, UK; simon.etkind{at}doctors.org.uk
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Terminal sedation: an emotional decision in end-of-life care
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- Received August 30, 2011
- Accepted September 27, 2011
- First published December 2, 2011.
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April 27, 2016
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