Understanding the similarities and distinctions between withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining interventions

Mark R Tonelli¹, J Randall Curtis^{2

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¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA - jrc@u.washington.edu.
³ Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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Mark R Tonelli et al. Minerva Anestesiol. 2018 Jun.

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. 2018 Jun;84(6):664-666.

doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.18.12829-X. Epub 2018 Mar 27.

Mark R Tonelli¹, J Randall Curtis^{2

3}

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA - jrc@u.washington.edu.
³ Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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Forgoing life-sustaining treatments in the ICU. To withhold or to withdraw: is that the question?
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