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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 1/2011

01-01-2011 | Correspondence

Decision to forgo life-sustaining therapies for elderly critically ill patients is a multidisciplinary challenge

Authors: T. Fassier, A. Duclos, B. Comte, B. Tardy

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 1/2011

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Metadata
Title
Decision to forgo life-sustaining therapies for elderly critically ill patients is a multidisciplinary challenge
Authors
T. Fassier
A. Duclos
B. Comte
B. Tardy
Publication date
01-01-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-2059-2

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