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Neither guidelines nor symptom-targeted opioids are harmful when withdrawing life-sustaining measures

Authors: James Downar, Jesse Delaney, Laura Hawryluck, Lisa Kenny

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 8/2016

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Title: Neither guidelines nor symptom-targeted opioids are harmful when withdrawing life-sustaining measures
Authors: James Downar
Jesse Delaney
Laura Hawryluck
Lisa Kenny
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/s00134-016-4390-8

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