Catchword for “Harvard death”
Catchword: Harvard death
Part of Speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: When I was an intern, we used to refer to this as a “Harvard Death”: you kept pumping meds until all the cultures were negative and test results were normal but the patient still succumbed.
Author:
C.J. Peters
C.J. Peters
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Virus Hunter
Virus Hunter
Date of Publication:
Apr. 13, 1998
Apr. 13, 1998
Page Number:
284
284
This cite belongs to a full entry for Harvard death.
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