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Sep 2020
14m 15s

End of life care

BMJ GROUP
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End of life care is specialised medical care for people with serious illness that focuses on the best quality of life for both the patient and their family. Oliver Minton, Macmillan Consultant, Brighton and Sussex University Hospital, Brighton, UK, gives us an overview of best practice in this area. For more on end of life care, visit BMJ Best Practice: be ... Show More
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