Limitation of treatment at the end-of-life: withholding and withdrawal
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clinics in geriatric medicine2005Vol. 21pp. -
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Abstract
Most deaths in the United States occur under the care of a physician. In most of these cases, decisions must be made about whether to initiate and continue or withdraw life-sustaining medical technology, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ventilation, nutrition and hydration, dialysis, transfusi …