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Libera me, Domine: Christian Roots of Palliative Care
- Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 59, Number 4, Autumn 2016
- pp. 507-516
- 10.1353/pbm.2016.0044
- Article
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This article reviews key aspects of the history of the emergence of palliative care to point out that the language and expressions that are routinely used in communicating with palliative care patients are often infused with an unrecognized religious coloration.