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. 2024 Mar 15;16(1):e12535.
doi: 10.1002/dad2.12535. eCollection 2024 Jan-Mar.

A Review of Terman's "Timely dying in dementia: Use patients' judgments and broaden the concept of suffering"

Norman L Cantor  1
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A Review of Terman's "Timely dying in dementia: Use patients' judgments and broaden the concept of suffering"

Norman L Cantor. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). .
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