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Editorial
. 2025 Aug;51(8):1511-1513.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-025-07986-y. Epub 2025 Jun 25.

Palliative care in the ICU: from oxymoron to standard of care

Nancy Kentish-Barnes  1 , Judith E Nelson  2
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Editorial

Palliative care in the ICU: from oxymoron to standard of care

Nancy Kentish-Barnes et al. Intensive Care Med. 2025 Aug.
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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Ethics approval: Not applicable. Conflicts of interest: NKB reports grants from French Ministry of Health. JEN is a Section Editor for the Intensive Care Medicine journal.

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