Refusal: deciding to pull the tube.
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چکیده
A senior medical student grapples with her patient's end-of-life decisions, which are in stark contrast to the decisions made by her own grandfather facing a similar disease. As she explores her role and responsibility to her patient, she considers what it means to provide futile care and how to negotiate her own beliefs with the demands of her patient's family.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
دوره 23 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010