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CORRECTION
Correction: An International Consensus
Definition of the Wish to Hasten Death and Its
Related Factors
Albert Balaguer, Cristina Monforte-Royo, Josep Porta-Sales, Alberto Alonso-Babarro,
Rogelio Altisent, Amor Aradilla-Herrero, Mercedes Bellido-Pe
´rez, William Breitbart,
Carlos Centeno, Miguel Angel Cuervo, Luc Deliens, Gerrit Frerich, Chris Gastmans,
Stephanie Lichtenfeld, Joaquı
´n T. Limonero, Markus A. Maier, Lars Johan Materstvedt,
Marı
´a Nabal, Gary Rodin, Barry Rosenfeld, Tracy Schroepfer, Joaquı
´n Toma
´s-Sa
´bado,
Jordi Trelis, Christian Villavicencio-Cha
´vez, Raymond Voltz
There are errors in the Funding section. The correct funding information is as follows: This
work was supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (grant number: PI14/00263) and the
European Regional Development Fund (FEDER): Main researcher Albert Balaguer; Other
researchers: Cristina Monforte-Royo, Joaquı
´n Toma
´s-Sa
´bado, Christian Villavicencio-Cha
´vez,
Mercedes Bellido-Pe
´rez; aecc-Catalunya contra el Càncer of Barcelona (Investigacio
´2014):
Main researcher: Albert Balaguer; Other researchers: Cristina Monforte-Royo, Josep Porta-
Sales, Joaquı
´n Toma
´s-Sa
´bado, Christian Villavicencio-Cha
´vez, Mercedes Bellido-Pe
´rez, Amor
Aradilla-Herrero; WeCare Chair: End-oflife care at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
and ALTIMA: Main researchers: Cristina Monforte-Royo; Josep Porta-Sales; Albert Balaguer.
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or
preparation of the manuscript.
Reference
1. Balaguer A, Monforte-Royo C, Porta-Sales J, Alonso-Babarro A, Altisent R, Aradilla-Herrero A, et al.
(2016) An International Consensus Definition of the Wish to Hasten Death and Its Related Factors.
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Citation: Balaguer A, Monforte-Royo C, Porta-
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