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Palliative Care

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“Palliative care stems from the recognition of the potential at the end of life for discovering and for giving, a recognition that an important dimension of being human is the lasting dignity and growth that can continue through weakness and loss” (Saunders 2006).

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    Bernd Alt-Epping

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Alt-Epping, B. (2019). Palliative Care. In: Wenz, F. (eds) Radiation Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52619-5_116-2

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