Withholding and Withdrawing Life Support: Moral Dilemmas, Moral Distress, and Moral Residue
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Online Journal of Health Ethics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1551-4218
DOI: 10.18785/ojhe.0402.04