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Factors that facilitate or constrain the use of continuous sedation at the end of life by physicians and nurses in Belgium: results from a focus group study
- Correspondence to Kasper Raus, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Blandijnberg 2, Ghent 9000, Belgium; kasper.raus{at}ugent.be
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Factors that facilitate or constrain the use of continuous sedation at the end of life by physicians and nurses in Belgium: results from a focus group study
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- Received February 13, 2012
- Revised June 24, 2012
- Accepted July 11, 2012
- First published August 14, 2012.
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March 18, 2014
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