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Dr Hambleton, ABC News 24, 13 December 2012

AMA President Dr Steve Hambleton discusses the issue of doctors issuing treatments to terminal patients that may not do them good. He says palliative care is not always about fighting the disease but about meeting the patient's physical, mental and spiritual needs to ease suffering.

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