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Brief Report

Medication in the last days of life for motor neuron disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

David J. Oliver Wisdom Hospice, Rochester, University of KentCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Colin Campbell St. Catherine's Hospice, Scarborough, N. Yorks
,
Tony O'brien Marymount Hospice, Cork, Ireland
,
Richard Sloan Weldmar Hospice, Dorchester, Dorset
,
Nigel Sykes St. Christopher's Hospice, London
,
Carol Tallon The Myton Hospices, Warwick
,
Jane Taylor-Horan Wisdom Hospice, Rochester, University of Kent
&
Mayen Udoma Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, Kent, UK
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Pages 562-564 | Received 14 Feb 2010, Accepted 11 May 2010, Published online: 22 Jun 2010

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