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Terminal sedation and the “imminence condition”
- Victor Cellarius, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mt Sinai Hospital, Box 13, 60 Murray St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 3L9; victor.cellarius{at}utoronto.ca
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Terminal sedation and the “imminence condition”
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- Received September 19, 2006
- Revised November 5, 2006
- Accepted November 13, 2006
- First published January 30, 2008.
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January 30, 2008
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2008 BMJ Publishing Group & Institute of Medical Ethics
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