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. 2011 Oct 4;183(14):1570-1.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.110974. Epub 2011 Aug 29.

Withdrawing life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe traumatic brain injury

David H Livingston  1 , Anne C Mosenthal
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Withdrawing life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe traumatic brain injury

David H Livingston et al. CMAJ. .
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