Legal aspects of withholding and withdrawing life support from critically III patients in the United States and providing palliative care to them

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Luce, JM [1 ]
Alpers, A [1 ]
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[1] San Francisco Gen Hosp, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med, San Francisco, CA 94110 USA
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10.1164/ajrccm.162.6.1-00
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R4 [临床医学];
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1002 ; 100602 ;
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[No abstract available]
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