When should physicians forgo curative treatment of pneumonia in patients with dementia?: Using a guideline for decision-making
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Western Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 173 (4) , 274-277
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ewjm.173.4.274
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