Being Mortal

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129 Researchhasfoundthatinunitswithfewerthan
twenty people: M. P. Calkins, “Powell Lawton’s
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140 AsDworkinwrote:R.Dworkin,“Autonomyand
the Demented Self,” Milbank Quarterly 64, supp. 2
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6: LETTING GO


150 More than 15 percent of lung cancers: C. M.
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151 85 percent of them respond: C. Zhou et al.,
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Advanced EGFR Mutation-Positive Non-Small-Cell
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152 Studies had shown: C. P. Belani et al.,
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153 IntheUnitedStates, 25 percentofallMedicare
spending: G. F. Riley and J. D. Lubitz, “Long-Term
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153 Datafrom elsewhere: L. R. Shugarman,S. L.
Decker, and A. Bercovitz, “Demographic and Social
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