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Praying for miracles: Practical responses to requests for medically futile treatments in the icu setting

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Dugan, D.O. Praying for miracles: Practical responses to requests for medically futile treatments in the icu setting. HEC Forum 7, 228–242 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01463335

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