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Expanded terminal sedation in end-of-life care
- Correspondence to Professor Julian Savulescu, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 117597, Singapore; julian.savulescu{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk
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Expanded terminal sedation in end-of-life care
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- Received July 21, 2022
- Accepted November 4, 2022
- First published December 21, 2022.
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March 23, 2023
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