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Volume 360:e15 March 5, 2009 Number 10

Care of an Unresponsive Patient with a Poor Prognosis — Polling Results
Patricia A. Kritek, M.D., Ed.M., Arthur S. Slutsky, M.D., and Leonard D. Hudson, M.D.

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