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Limitation of treatment at the end of life: an empirical-ethical analysis regarding the practices of physician members of the German Society for Palliative Medicine
- Correspondence to Dr Jan Schildmann, Institut für Medizinische Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin and History of Medicine, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Malakowturm-Markstraße 258a, D-44799 Bochum, Germany; jan.schildmann{at}rub.de
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Limitation of treatment at the end of life: an empirical-ethical analysis regarding the practices of physician members of the German Society for Palliative Medicine
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- Received July 25, 2010
- Revised November 1, 2010
- Accepted December 10, 2010
- First published February 2, 2011.
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May 23, 2011
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