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Author/s: Brody, Benjamin (B);

Affiliation: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA.

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Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The New England journal of medicine (N Engl J Med), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Jul; vol 361 (issue 3) : pp 232-3

Dates: Created 2009/07/16; Completed 2009/07/30;

PMID: 19605827, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 8/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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Delirium - diagnosis Female Humans Informed Consent Internship and Residency Liver Transplantation - ethics; psychology Male

Mental Competency Middle Aged Patient Selection Pneumonia - therapy Psychiatry - education Respiration, Artificial - psychology Treatment Refusal - psychology

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