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Clinical ethics
Clinical ethics report on the resuscitation of a patient in the emergency department with an uncertain resuscitation status and an implantable cardiac defibrillator
- Correspondence to Mr Gregory Neal-Smith, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; gregnealsmith{at}doctors.org.uk
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Clinical ethics report on the resuscitation of a patient in the emergency department with an uncertain resuscitation status and an implantable cardiac defibrillator
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- Received November 18, 2019
- Revised March 11, 2020
- Accepted March 20, 2020
- First published April 6, 2020.
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August 26, 2020
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