Commentary: Expressed desire for hastened death by patients with advanced cancer had several meanings and uses

Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 96-

  Ternestedt, Britt Marie ^a  

^a Ersta University College   (Sweden)

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EID: 79955651979     PISSN: 13676539     EISSN: 14689618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebn.8.3.96     Document Type: Note

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