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When alcohol abstinence criteria create ethical dilemmas for the liver transplant team
- Correspondence to: Katrina A Bramstedt PhD, Bioethicist, Associate Staff, Department of Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, 9500 Euclid Ave, JJ-60, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; txbioethics{at}yahoo.com
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When alcohol abstinence criteria create ethical dilemmas for the liver transplant team
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- Received May 16, 2005
- Accepted August 3, 2005
- Revised August 2, 2005
- First published April 28, 2006.
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April 27, 2016
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