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Sabr and Shukr: doing justice to medical futility
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Contributors The author has solely contributed to the conception, writing and revision of this paper.
Funding The author has not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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