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Should patient consent be required to write a do not resuscitate order?
- Correspondence to: Dr P Biegler Emergency Department, Sandringham Hospital, 193 Bluff Rd, Sandringham, Victoria 3191, Australia; pbieglerbigpond.net.au
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Should patient consent be required to write a do not resuscitate order?
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- Accepted November 14, 2002
- First published December 8, 2003.
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December 08, 2003
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