A Surgeon's Dilemma

A thirty-year-old single mother with recurrent, metastatic, treatment-refractory cancer presents to the emergency room with severe difficulty breathing due to an obstructive tumor in her neck, compounded by progressive disease in her lungs and a new pulmonary embolism. She cannot be safely intubated...

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Authors: Shuman, Andrew G. (Author) ; Fins, Joseph J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2016
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2016, Volume: 46, Issue: 3, Pages: 9-10
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