On the life-sustaining treatment in Korea

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J Korean Med Assoc. 2012;55(12):1161-1162
Publication date (electronic) : 2012 December 18
doi : https://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2012.55.12.1161
Department of Forensic Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Corresponding author: Yoon-seong Lee, yoonslee@snu.ac.kr
Received 2012 November 15; Accepted 2012 November 25.

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