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Ethical Issues and Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapies

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Healthcare providers in the NCCU render care to a population of patients who are at risk for imminent death as well as for life-altering neurologic disability When rendering that care, it is important for providers to maintain respectable standards of ethics and to be compassionate toward critically ill patients and their families

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  1. Emory University School of Medicine, 1365B Clifton Rd., NE, Ste. 6200, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Wendy L. Wright

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  1. Tufts Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 800 Washington St., Box 314, Boston, 02111, USA

    Anish Bhardwaj

  2. Div. Neurosciences Critical Care, Johns Hopkins Hospital, N. Wolfe St. 600, Baltimore, 21287-7840, Maryland, USA

    Marek A. Mirski

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Wright, W.L. (2010). Ethical Issues and Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapies. In: Bhardwaj, A., Mirski, M. (eds) Handbook of Neurocritical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6842-5_14

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