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Overview of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking to hasten death

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Overview of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking to hasten death. / Lowers, Jane; Hughes, Sean; Preston, Nancy.
In: Annals of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 10, No. 3, 31.03.2021, p. 3611-3616.

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Lowers, J, Hughes, S & Preston, N 2021, 'Overview of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking to hasten death', Annals of Palliative Medicine, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 3611-3616. https://doi.org/10.21037/apm-19-525

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Lowers, J., Hughes, S., & Preston, N. (2021). Overview of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking to hasten death. Annals of Palliative Medicine, 10(3), 3611-3616. https://doi.org/10.21037/apm-19-525

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Lowers J, Hughes S, Preston N. Overview of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking to hasten death. Annals of Palliative Medicine. 2021 Mar 31;10(3):3611-3616. Epub 2020 Jun 10. doi: 10.21037/apm-19-525

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Lowers, Jane ; Hughes, Sean ; Preston, Nancy. / Overview of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking to hasten death. In: Annals of Palliative Medicine. 2021 ; Vol. 10, No. 3. pp. 3611-3616.

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