Circumstances surrounding end of life in a pediatric intensive care unit.

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Published in Pediatrics on November 01, 2003

Authors

Daniel Garros1, Rhonda J Rosychuk, Peter N Cox

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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