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Metadata
Title
The Canadian guidelines for the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment: the role of evidence
Authors
Mohamed Y. Rady
Joseph L. Verheijde
Publication date
01-08-2016
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 8/2016
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4372-x

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