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Is prolonged mechanical ventilation of cancer patients futile?
The issue of limiting life-sustaining treatments for intensive care unit (ICU) patients is complex. The ethical principles applied by ICU staff when making treatment-limitation decisions must comply with the law of their country. Until 2011, the law in Taiwan prohibited the withdrawal of mechanical...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4056103/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24053905 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc13014 |