Life-prolonging treatment in nursing homes: how do physicians and nurses describe and justify their own practice?

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Published in J Med Ethics on June 16, 2010

Authors

A Dreyer1, R Førde, P Nortvedt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, Aalesund University College/Section for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo, Bredelia 8, Aalesund 6018, Norway. aod@hials.no

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