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Clinical ethics
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End-of-life decision making in Taiwan: healthcare practice is rooted in local culture and laws that should be adjusted to patients' best interests
- Correspondence to Professor Siew Tzuh Tang, School of Nursing, Chang Gung University, 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan 333, Taiwan; sttang{at}mail.cgu.edu.tw
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End-of-life decision making in Taiwan: healthcare practice is rooted in local culture and laws that should be adjusted to patients' best interests
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- Received May 13, 2012
- Accepted May 17, 2012
- First published June 7, 2012.
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May 19, 2013
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