title: "No escalation of treatment" as a routine strategy for decision-making in the ICU: con.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, 359762, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA, jrc@u.washington.edu.
authors.forename: J Randall
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Gordon D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Rubenfeld
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000592:standards*; D028761:Withholding Treatment
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