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Just the facts: withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy in the ED

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Y4E9, Canada

    Ariel Hendin & Hans Rosenberg

  2. Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Erin Rosenberg

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Hendin, A., Rosenberg, E. & Rosenberg, H. Just the facts: withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy in the ED. Can J Emerg Med 24, 362–365 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-022-00285-1

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