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Requested withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in six patients with motor neuron disease

Ben Messer1, Alison Armstrong2, Thomas Doris2

  • 1Home Ventilation, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK ben.messer@nuth.nhs.uk.

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
|April 5, 2019
PubMed
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Keywords:
end of life careethicsneurological conditionsrespiratory conditions

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