End-of-life decision making for cancer patients in an intensive care unit
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End-of-life decision making for cancer patients in an intensive care unit
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عنوان ژورنال: Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2197-425X
DOI: 10.1186/2197-425x-3-s1-a651