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Review Article| Volume 49, ISSUE 1, P127-135, March 2022

Withdrawing and Withholding Life-Sustaining Medical Therapies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Case-Based Approaches to Clinical Controversies
Published:January 21, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clp.2021.11.006

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