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ArticleCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2005

Discontinuing life support in comatose patients: an example from Canadian case law.

Glenys Godlovitch, Ian Mitchell, Christopher James Doig

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In one paragraph

Article in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Terri Schiavo: rest in peace.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2006
    Article
  2. The sacred and the secular: the life and death of Terri Schiavo.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2005
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Glenys GodlovitchDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Ian Mitchell
Christopher James Doig
University of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AlbertaBioethical IssuesBrain InjuriesComaHumansLegal GuardiansLife Support CareMaleMiddle AgedThird-Party ConsentWithholding TreatmentDeath and EuthanasiaLegal Approach

Identifiers

PMID15851705
PMCPMC557062
OpenAlexW2164572081

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Registered trials

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