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How can bedside rationing be justified despite coexisting inefficiency? The need for ‘benchmarks of efficiency’
- Correspondence to Professor Daniel Strech, Institute for History, Ethics and Philosophy in Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg Str. 1, Hannover 30625, Germany; strech.daniel{at}mh-hannover.de
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How can bedside rationing be justified despite coexisting inefficiency? The need for ‘benchmarks of efficiency’
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- Received May 2, 2012
- Revised September 3, 2012
- Accepted November 15, 2012
- First published December 20, 2012.
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March 04, 2018
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