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When to euthanase
Author(s) -
Yeates J. W.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.c226
Subject(s) - intensive care medicine , medicine
Decisions on when to treat, when to euthanase and when not to intervene are not always easy; both undertreatment and overtreatment may lead to unnecessary suffering. James Yeates offers some thoughts on how to evaluate patients’ best interests