Terminal sedation, self-starvation, and orchestrating the end of life.

Arch Intern Med

University of California, Davis, Department of Internal Medicine, Bioethics Program, 4150 V St, Suite 2400, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.

Published: February 2001

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