Withdrawing and withholding treatment in intensive care
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 153 (4) , 217-220
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb136864.x
Abstract
Intensive care is an expensive resource. The medical profession has been criticised for applying technology indiscriminately and at vast expense to a relatively small group of patients. The ...Keywords
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