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In mort school we learned, by messaging feet of dying hospice pt. , you can keep them alive a few hours more, any truth? something bout circulation
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Interesting...: I can imagine that it might be comforting to be massaged in the last hours, but I can't see how it could possibly prolong life in any significant way. Improved circulation or not.
Answered 6/30/2014
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