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Importance of the advance directive and the beginning of the dying process from the point of view of German doctors and judges dealing with guardianship matters: results of an empirical survey
- Correspondence to: B van Oorschot Department of Radiation Oncology, Friedrich Schiller University, Bachstr 18, 07740 Jena, Germany; birgitt.oorschot{at}med.uni-jena.de
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Importance of the advance directive and the beginning of the dying process from the point of view of German doctors and judges dealing with guardianship matters: results of an empirical survey
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- Received November 6, 2005
- Accepted February 9, 2006
- Revised January 31, 2006
- First published October 30, 2006.
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April 27, 2016
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