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The moral problems with time-limited trials at the end-of-life, especially when clinicians and patients have different goals

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Donaldson, T.M. The moral problems with time-limited trials at the end-of-life, especially when clinicians and patients have different goals. Intensive Care Med 48, 1262–1263 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-022-06831-w

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