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Editorial
. 2021 Jun;159(6):2161-2162.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.02.005. Epub 2021 Feb 10.

COVID-19 and Unilateral Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatments: Tragedy in Crisis, and Lessons for Everyday Medicine

Benjamin W Frush  1 , Jessica M Turnbull  2
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Editorial

COVID-19 and Unilateral Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatments: Tragedy in Crisis, and Lessons for Everyday Medicine

Benjamin W Frush et al. Chest. 2021 Jun.
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