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Problems in Caring for Critically and Terminally Ill Patients: Perspectives of Physicians and Nurses

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Brett, A.S. Problems in Caring for Critically and Terminally Ill Patients: Perspectives of Physicians and Nurses. HEC Forum 14, 132–147 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020955614779

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