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Debate: What constitutes 'terminality' and how does it relate to a Living Will?

A moribund and debilitated patient arrives in an emergency department and is placed on life support systems. Subsequently it is determined that she has a 'living will' proscribing aggressive measures should her condition be judged 'terminal' by her physicians. But, as our round t...

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Autores principales: Crippen, David, Levy, Mitchell, Truog, Robert, Whetstine, Leslie, Luce, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11123876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc717