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Life-sustaining treatment were frequently withheld or withdrawn from adult patients in the Lebanese ICU. Cultural differences and the lack of guidelines and official statements could explain the ethical limitations of the decision-making process recorded in this study.

Clinical teachers, practising in a non-occidental cultural and medical learning environment, are considered very frequently as role models by their interns and residents and have a positive impact on their professional learning and career choices. Strategies to reinforce role modelling are needed in Lebanon, in order to pass a broad spectrum of professional values to our students.