Journal of Critical Care
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Page 652 , December 2010

Invited commentary: The decision to withdraw treatmentand its optimal method are not mutually exclusive

  • Sanjay Haresh Chotirmall, MB MRCPI MRCP(UK)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Respiratory Research Division, Department of Medicine, Education & Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Republic of Ireland. Tel.: +1 353 87 979 3833; fax: +1 353 1 809 3765.
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  • Noel Gerard McElvaney, MB FRCPI FRCPC

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☆ Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0883-9441(10)00180-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.07.003

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Page 652 , December 2010

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