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Can I trust them to do everything? The role of distrust in ethics committee consultations for conflict over life-sustaining treatment among Afro-Caribbean patients
- Correspondence to Dr Frederic Romain, Respiratory Care, Mass General hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Ellsion 4, Boston, MA 02114, USA; jromain{at}mgh.harvard.edu
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Can I trust them to do everything? The role of distrust in ethics committee consultations for conflict over life-sustaining treatment among Afro-Caribbean patients
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- Received September 28, 2015
- Revised April 8, 2016
- Accepted April 24, 2016
- First published May 13, 2016.
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August 24, 2016
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