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Delirium and dehydration: inevitable companions of terminal disease?

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Stiefel, F. Delirium and dehydration: inevitable companions of terminal disease?. Support Care Cancer 10, 443–444 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-002-0382-z

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