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In what circumstances will a neonatologist decide a patient is not a resuscitation candidate?
- Correspondence to Dr Peter Daniel Murray, Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA; PMurray2{at}tuftsmedicalcenter.org
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In what circumstances will a neonatologist decide a patient is not a resuscitation candidate?
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- Received July 7, 2015
- Revised February 9, 2016
- Accepted February 22, 2016
- First published March 17, 2016.
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June 28, 2016
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