Withdrawing life support. How is the decision made?

Editorial

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doi: 10.1001/jama.273.9.738.

No abstract available

Comment on

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Determinants in Canadian health care workers of the decision to withdraw life support from the critically ill. Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.
Cook DJ, Guyatt GH, Jaeschke R, Reeve J, Spanier A, King D, Molloy DW, Willan A, Streiner DL. Cook DJ, et al. JAMA. 1995 Mar 1;273(9):703-8. JAMA. 1995. PMID: 7853627
Withholding and withdrawing life support.
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Withholding and withdrawal of life support from critically ill patients.
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