Withdrawal of care in Japan

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Volumn 368, Issue 9529, 2006, Pages 12-14

  Aita, Kaoruko ^a   Kai, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER PATIENT; COMATOSE PATIENT; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MICROCLIMATE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33745339824     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68946-0     Document Type: Note

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