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Doctors struggling to make life and death decisions of withholding care from patients

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Doctors struggling to make life and death decisions of withholding care from patients

Doctors struggling to make life and death decisions of withholding care from patients

As people infected with the coronavirus overwhelm New York City hospitals, doctors have stepped up pressure on state health officials to give them the right to withhold care from patients who are not likely to recover.


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