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The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: From Aggressive Treatment to Care of the Dying, Insights from Art and Poetry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2020

JOHN J. PARIS ,
SHELBY VALLANDINGHAM ,
BRIAN CUMMINGS  and
RONALD COHEN
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Special Section: Death, Dilemmas, and Decisions
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 2020 , pp. 354 - 360
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Acknowledgments: We wish to acknowledge the generous assistance of the palliative care and social work services in the resolution of this case.

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