When patient and doctor disagree

Comment

Joel Bruce Zivot. CMAJ. 2012.

. 2012 Jan 10;184(1):75-6.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.112-2008.

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Mortality associated with withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a Canadian multicentre cohort study.
Turgeon AF, Lauzier F, Simard JF, Scales DC, Burns KE, Moore L, Zygun DA, Bernard F, Meade MO, Dung TC, Ratnapalan M, Todd S, Harlock J, Fergusson DA; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Turgeon AF, et al. CMAJ. 2011 Oct 4;183(14):1581-8. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.101786. Epub 2011 Aug 29. CMAJ. 2011. PMID: 21876014 Free PMC article.

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