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On Being a Doctor |1 August 1992

Disconnecting a Ventilator at the Request of a Patient Who Knows He Will Then Die: The Doctor's Anguish

Miles J. Edwards, MD; Susan W. Tolle, MD

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Edwards MJ, Tolle SW. Disconnecting a Ventilator at the Request of a Patient Who Knows He Will Then Die: The Doctor's Anguish. Ann Intern Med. 1992;117:254–256. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-117-3-254

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(3):254-256.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-117-3-254

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