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Balancing the duty to treat with the duty to family in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Correspondence to Dr Doug McConnell, The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Philosophy Faculty, University of Oxford, Oxford 2678, UK; doug.mcconnell{at}gmail.com
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Balancing the duty to treat with the duty to family in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
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- Received March 30, 2020
- Accepted April 4, 2020
- First published April 24, 2020.
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May 29, 2020
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