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Refusal of care in the ICU: any meaning for doctors?

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Lemaire, F., Ferrand, E. Refusal of care in the ICU: any meaning for doctors?. Intensive Care Med 24, 204–205 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340050551

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