The impact of advanced technology on critical care: Dilemmas in the making

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 119-121

  Aarons, D E ^a  

^a Tower Isle PO ^*  (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN TUMOR; EDITORIAL; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRITICAL CARE; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 0032233777     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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