Lancet
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We provide baseline information and objective testimony on severe malnutrition and high mortality in the general population of southern Sudan that is affected by chronic civil war and severe famine.
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Complex biomedical and psychosocial considerations figure prominently in the debate about euthanasia and assisted suicide. No study to date, however, has examined the extent to which a dying patient's will to live fluctuates as death approaches. ⋯ Among dying patients, will to live shows substantial fluctuation, with the explanation for these changes shifting as death approaches.