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Law, ethics and medicine
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Dutch physicians on the role of the family in continuous sedation
- Correspondence to Dr D G van Tol, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Department of General Practice, PO Box196, 9700 AD Groningen, The Netherlands; d.g.van.tol{at}umcg.nl
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Dutch physicians on the role of the family in continuous sedation
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- Received June 5, 2013
- Revised December 20, 2013
- Accepted February 9, 2014
- First published March 4, 2014.
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February 20, 2015
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