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Clinical ethics
Ethical issues surrounding do not attempt resuscitation orders: decisions, discussions and deleterious effects
- Correspondence to Dr Zoë Fritz, Department of Acute Medicine, Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust, Box 275, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK; zoefritz{at}gmail.com
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Ethical issues surrounding do not attempt resuscitation orders: decisions, discussions and deleterious effects
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- Received January 29, 2010
- Revised May 12, 2010
- Accepted May 17, 2010
- First published July 31, 2010.
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September 29, 2010
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