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Published in: Critical Care 2/2008

01-04-2008 | Letter

Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: the necessity of discrepancies in ethical reasoning

Authors: Frédéric Pochard, Nancy Kentish-Barnes, Elie Azoulay

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 2/2008

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Observations can be proposed regarding the study by Rydvall and Lynöe [1]. The use of standardised questionnaires in the general population measures the intention of the persons interviewed but not the reality of reasoning in a concrete clinical situation. …
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Metadata
Title
Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: the necessity of discrepancies in ethical reasoning
Authors
Frédéric Pochard
Nancy Kentish-Barnes
Elie Azoulay
Publication date
01-04-2008
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 2/2008
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc6873

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