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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...
Autores principales: | Crippen, David, Levy, Mitchell, Truog, Robert, Whetstine, Leslie, Luce, John |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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