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Treat the dead, not just death, with dignity

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  1. Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center ICU, and Optimum Care (Ethics) Committee, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Bulfinch 148, Boston, MA, USA

    Jonah Rubin

  2. Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Jonah Rubin

  3. Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States

    Jonah Rubin

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Rubin, J. Treat the dead, not just death, with dignity. Theor Med Bioeth 44, 371–373 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-023-09628-0

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