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Letter: Editor's reply to "Life or death"

Published 5 November 2014

• Considering good palliative care over gruelling treatment is an important issue in healthcare, and one explored by surgeon Atul Gawande in our recent interview (18 October, p 30).

Issue no. 2994 published 8 November 2014

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