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Decisions at the end of life: an empirical study on the involvement, legal understanding and ethical views of preregistration house officers
- Correspondence to: J Schildmann Institut fuer Medizinische Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Markstraße 258a, D-44799 Bochum, Germany; jan.schildmann{at}rub.de
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Decisions at the end of life: an empirical study on the involvement, legal understanding and ethical views of preregistration house officers
Publication history
- Received August 4, 2005
- Accepted December 1, 2005
- Revised November 28, 2005
- First published September 29, 2006.
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September 29, 2006
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