Last rights: how simple device set off a fight over elderly care; invented for younger patients, feeding tube now figures in end-of-life debate
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Last rights: how simple device set off a fight over elderly care; invented for younger patients, feeding tube now figures in end-of-life debate
Wall St J (East Ed).
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