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Death and Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making
Abstract
Diane was feeling tired and had a rash. A common scenario, though there was something subliminally worrisome that prompted me to check her blood count. Her hematocrit was 22, and the white-cell count was 4.3 with some metamyelocytes and unusual white cells. I wanted it to be viral, trying to deny what was staring me in the face. Perhaps in a repeated count it would disappear. I called Diane and told her it might be more serious than I had initially thought — that the test needed to be repeated and that if she felt worse, we might have to . . .
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Metadata
- Authors
- Quill, T. E.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 1991-03-07
- Volume
- 324
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 691-694
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2070515153
- Cited by
- 390
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 43.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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