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Original Articles

Decision-making conversations for life-sustaining treatment with seriously ill patients using a Danish version of the US POLST: a qualitative study of patient and physician experiences

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Pages 57-66 | Received 07 Feb 2021, Accepted 12 Oct 2021, Published online: 11 Feb 2022

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