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Deciding when a life is not worth living: An
imperative to measure what matters
- Correspondence to Dr Monica E Lemmon, Pediatrics, Duke Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA; monica.lemmon{at}duke.edu
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Deciding when a life is not worth living: An
imperative to measure what matters
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- Received October 12, 2019
- Accepted October 17, 2019
- First published November 20, 2019.
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January 14, 2020
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