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Navigating our way through a hospital ransomware attack: ethical considerations in delivering acute orthopaedic care
- Correspondence to Dr Thomas William Hoffman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand; hoffman.tw{at}gmail.com
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Navigating our way through a hospital ransomware attack: ethical considerations in delivering acute orthopaedic care
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- Received September 14, 2021
- Accepted February 7, 2022
- First published February 23, 2022.
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January 24, 2023
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