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Ethical and Legal Considerations in End-of-Life Care

Frank Chessa1, Fernando Moreno2

  • 1Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME 04102, USA.

Primary Care
|August 4, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
Advance care planningEnd of lifeEthicsFutilityPalliative carePalliative sedationPhysician-assisted suicideSurrogate

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