title: Withdrawing life support: extubation and prolonged terminal weans are inappropriate.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University, CA, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gilligan
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Raffin
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D015300:Ventilator Weaning / Q000379:methods*