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Prognosis Terminal

Truth-Telling in the Context of End-of-Life Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2014

BEN A. RICH
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 209 - 219
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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