Citation

Ball J. BMJ 2015; 351: h4568.

Affiliation

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London SW17 0QT, UK jball@sgul.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.h4568

PMID

26319479

Abstract

Creutzfeldt and colleagues' balanced discussion on communicating health trajectories after severe acute brain injury omitted an essential component of early communication and decision making processes—that a short window of opportunity (days) often exists, during which withdrawal of active supportive care, …

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