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Medical futility at the end of life: the perspectives of intensive care and palliative care clinicians
- Correspondence to Dr Ralf J Jox, Institute of Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine, University of Munich, Lessingstrasse 2, 80336 Muenchen, Germany; ralf.jox{at}med.lmu.de
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Medical futility at the end of life: the perspectives of intensive care and palliative care clinicians
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- Received January 9, 2012
- Revised April 4, 2012
- Accepted April 10, 2012
- First published May 5, 2012.
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December 09, 2016
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