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Pulling the plug
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2004
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Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans die following withholding or withdrawal of life-support treatments. This dramatic change in the practice of medicine has quietly taken place and been accompanied by minimal publicity or discussion.
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