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Law, ethics and medicine
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Regulation of treatment of infants at the edge of viability in Italy: the role of the medical profession?
- Correspondence to Dr Maria Serenella Pignotti, NICU, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50100 Florence, Italy; m.pignotti{at}meyer.it
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Regulation of treatment of infants at the edge of viability in Italy: the role of the medical profession?
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- Received February 12, 2010
- Revised July 8, 2010
- Accepted July 29, 2010
- First published October 8, 2010.
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November 26, 2010
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