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Dying comfortably???

Anthony E J Fitchett   (20 March 2009)

Dying comfortably??? 20 March 2009
Anthony E J Fitchett, General Practitioner Mornington Health Centre, 169 Eglinton Rd, Dunedin, New Zealand Send response to journal: Re: Dying comfortably???	Why did an elderly man, expected to die, have to suffer the discomfort of a nasopharyngeal tube? Would not a little compassion and attention to comfort have been in order at that stage of his life? Competing interests: None declared