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The practicalities of terminally ill patients signing their own DNR orders—a study in Taiwan
- Dr T-Y Chiu, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Hospital, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chuang-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100 Taiwan; tychiu{at}ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
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The practicalities of terminally ill patients signing their own DNR orders—a study in Taiwan
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- Received February 12, 2007
- Revised May 31, 2007
- Accepted June 18, 2007
- First published April 30, 2008.
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April 30, 2008
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