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New York: Broadway Books. Learning to say goodbye. (1996).Hospice and palliative care: Concepts and practice. Hospice Foundation of America Contact the physician at the time of death - that death has occurred and where body will be taken. Immediately after pronouncement of death, a physician licensed in the commonwealth who attended the decedent during the decedent's last illness, or his covering physician, or the licensed physician who has declared such person dead, or, if the death occurred in a hospital, a hospital medical officer duly authorized by the administrator, shall, in San Francisco, CA: Institute on Dying (Zen Hospice Project). [ 13 0 R]
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