Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapy
American Review of Respiratory DiseasePublished 1 September 1991
Paul N. Lanken, Barbara D. Ahlheit, Stephen W. Crawford, John Hansen‐Flaschen, Stephen S. Lefrak, John M. Luce
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"Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapy." American Review of Respiratory Disease, 144(3_pt_1), pp. 726–731
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