Cultural differences at the end of life
Critical Care MedicinePublished 1 May 2003
Phillip D. Levin, Charles L. Sprung
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From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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