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Comment
. 2020 Mar 10;323(10):934-935.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.22522.

Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment and Limiting Overtreatment at the End of Life

Robert D Truog  1 , Terri R Fried  2   3
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Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment and Limiting Overtreatment at the End of Life

Robert D Truog et al. JAMA. .
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