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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2014 End-of-life decisions are made daily in intensive care units worldwide. There are numerous factors affecting these decisions, including geographical location as well as religion and attitudes of caregivers, patients, and families.
Marc Romain, Charles L. Sprung
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BMC Emergency Medicine, 2011 Background Withdrawing and withholding life-support therapy (WH/WD) are undeniably integrated parts of medical activity. However, Emergency Department (ED) might not be the most appropriate place to give end-of life (EOL) care; the legal aspects and ...
Zekraoui Aicha +9 more
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The Cum-ex Case: A Look at Germany [PDF]
ACTA VŠFS, 2021 This paper focuses on a particular form of stock-market trades around ex-dividend days, so-called “cum-ex” transactions, which have resulted in major revenue losses due to illegitimate tax refunds in Germany and other European nations.
Schulz, Bastian
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Current situation and associated factors of withdrawing or withholding life support to patients in an intensive care unit of cancer center in China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 OBJECTIVES: To investigate the current situation and analyze the associated factors of withdrawing or withholding life support in the intensive care unit (ICU) of our cancer center. METHODS: Three hundred and twenty-two cancer patients in critical status
Qingyu Zhao +5 more
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The Lancet Planetary Health, 2020 Summary: Background: Hydraulic fracturing often involves the injection of millions of gallons of fracturing fluids into underground shales to extract oil and natural gas, raising health concerns over potential water contamination. Many state and federal
Kevin Trickey +2 more
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BMC Medical Ethics, 2020 Background Little is known about the attitudes and practices of intensivists working in Lebanon regarding withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments (LSTs).
Rita El Jawiche +3 more
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Withholding tax on interest: Who has the withholding obligation?
Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2019 Orientation: Non-residents receiving interest from a South African source will be taxable in terms of the gross income definition in the South African Income Tax Act. Effective 01 March 2015, new provisions for withholding of tax on interest (WTI) to non-
Marina Bornman +2 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Electronic medical record software is common in healthcare settings. However, data privacy and security challenges persist and may impede patients’ willingness to disclose health information to their clinicians.
Kobi V. Ajayi +3 more
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Nourishment or Punishment: Nutrition support towards the end of life
World Nutrition, 2023 Artificial nutrition support during the end-of-life is deemed non-beneficial. Withholding nutrition when the patient is near death is a controversial and ethical dilemma that families and healthcare workers face.
Madrika Mirza Kanjiani, Amber Qasim
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2021 Background An association between equine gastrointestinal disease causing colic signs and changes in faecal bacterial microbiota has been identified. The reasons for these changes and their clinical relevance has not been investigated.
Jaclyn A. Willette +6 more
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