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Palliative sedation: not just normal medical practice. Ethical reflections on the Royal Dutch Medical Association's guideline on palliative sedation
- Correspondence to Dr Rien Janssens, Department of Medical Humanities, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, Amsterdam 1007 MB, The Netherlands; mjpa.janssens{at}vumc.nl
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Palliative sedation: not just normal medical practice. Ethical reflections on the Royal Dutch Medical Association's guideline on palliative sedation
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- Accepted June 21, 2012
- First published July 18, 2012.
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October 29, 2012
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