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Pulling the plug

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2004

LEWIS M. COHEN
LEWIS M. COHEN
Affiliation:
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
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Extract

Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans die following withholding or withdrawal of life-support treatments. This dramatic change in the practice of medicine has quietly taken place and been accompanied by minimal publicity or discussion.

Type
ESSAYS/PERSONAL REFLECTIONS
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , September 2003 , pp. 279 - 283
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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