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Flory, J., Emanuel, E. (2005). Recent History of End-of-Life Care and Implications for the Future. In: Galston, A.W., Peppard, C.Z. (eds) Expanding Horizons in Bioethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3062-2_10

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