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Review
. 2003 Jan 4;326(7379):30-4.

Care of the dying patient: the last hours or days of life

John Ellershaw  1 , Chris Ward
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Review

Care of the dying patient: the last hours or days of life

John Ellershaw et al. BMJ. .
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Clinical trajectory of care of dying patients
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Relatives and friends should be enabled to go through the death of someone they love feeling that they are experiencing a “good death”
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