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Editorial: Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Advance Directives—Existential Issues for Orthopaedic Patients with Life-threatening Conditions

Author: Seth S. Leopold, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 4/2016

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The vast majority of orthopaedic procedures are elective, and end-of-life care represents only a small part of most practices. Orthopaedic traumatologists and musculoskeletal tumor specialists deal with death more frequently than the rest of us, and I have to imagine that most of us are content not to face existential issues with our patients very often. …

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Title: Editorial: Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Advance Directives—Existential Issues for Orthopaedic Patients with Life-threatening Conditions
Author: Seth S. Leopold, MD
Publication date: 01-04-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-015-4687-x

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