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Medical ethics for children: applying the four principles to paediatrics
- Dr P Baines, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, Eaton Rd, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK; pbb{at}liv.ac.uk
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Medical ethics for children: applying the four principles to paediatrics
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- Received July 21, 2006
- Revised November 20, 2006
- Accepted November 21, 2006
- First published March 3, 2008.
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March 03, 2008
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