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. 2000 Jul;83(1):F60–F63. doi: 10.1136/fn.83.1.F60

Drafting guidelines for the withholding or withdrawing of life sustaining treatment in critically ill children and neonates

L Doyal, V Larcher
PMCID: PMC1721107  PMID: 10873175

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