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Evaluating a patient's request for life-prolonging treatment: an ethical framework
- Correspondence to Dr Eva C Winkler, National Center for Tumour Diseases, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, Heidelberg 69120, Germany; eva.winkler{at}med.uni-heidelberg.de
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Evaluating a patient's request for life-prolonging treatment: an ethical framework
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- Received October 31, 2011
- Revised April 5, 2012
- Accepted May 2, 2012
- First published June 12, 2012.
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October 29, 2012
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