'End-of-life' decision making within intensive care--objective, consistent, defensible?

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Published in J Med Ethics on December 01, 2000

Authors

A J Ravenscroft1, M D Bell

Author Affiliations

1: General Infirmary at Leeds, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX.

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