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Should the deceased be listed as authors?
- Correspondence to Professor Gert Helgesson, Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management, and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE 17177, Sweden; gert.helgesson{at}ki.se
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Should the deceased be listed as authors?
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- Received December 8, 2018
- Revised January 28, 2019
- Accepted February 4, 2019
- First published March 1, 2019.
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May 13, 2019
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