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The psychiatric landscape of withdrawal.
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  • Lewis Cohen, MD, Baystate Health
  • Michael Germain, MD, Baystate Health
Document Type
Article, Peer-reviewed
Publication Date
3-1-2005
Abstract

Withdrawal from dialysis is an appropriate decision for situations in which the burdens of treatment outweigh the benefits. Alternately, it can be viewed as a public health problem and suicide equivalent that contributes to the high mortality of end-stage

Publication ISSN
0022-3468
Citation Information
Semin Dial 2005 Mar-Apr;18(2):147-53.