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Mor Vincent Greer David S. Kastenbaum Robert , The Hospice Experiment (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1988).

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Miller Robert J. Albright Patricia G. , “What is the Role of Nutritional Support and Hydration in Terminal Cancer Patients?” The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care 1989, 6(6):33–38.

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Lane R.L. , “A Randomized Controlled Trial of Hospice Care,” Lancet 1984, 1:890–894; See Mor , supra note 2.

See Twycross, supra note 1;, Mor , supra note 2; and Laue , supra note 6.

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Id.; See also Lichter Ivan Hunt Esther , “The Last 48 Hours of Life,” Journal of Palliative Care 1990, 6(4)17–15; Mount B. Balfour (ed.), “A Final Crescendo of Pain?” Journal of Palliative Care 1990, 6:3:5–6.

Brescia Frank J. , “Killing the Known Dying: Notes of a Death Watcher,” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 1991, 6:337–339.

Miller Robert J. , “Ethics and Hospice Physicians,” The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care 1991. 8(1):17–26.

Miller Robert J. , “Force-feeding the Dying. An Act of Kindness or Cruelty?” The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care 1989;6(6):13–14.

See Miller , supra note 12.

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See Wanzer , supra note 17.

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See Lane , supra note 6.

Battin Margaret P. , “Euthanasia: The Way We Do It, The Way They Do It,” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 1991, 6:298 305.

See Clouser , supra note 16.

Scofield Giles R. , “Privacy (or Liberty) and Assisted Suicide,” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 1991, 6:280–288.

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See Brescia, supra note 11.