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A fight to beyond death

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2011

Ciro Augusto Floriani
Ciro Augusto Floriani*
Affiliation:
Bioethics Council, Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Ciro Augusto Floriani, Bioethics Council, Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. E-mail: ciroafloriani@gmail.com
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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , December 2011 , pp. 431 - 432
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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