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Meaningful futility: requests for resuscitation against medical recommendation
- Correspondence to Dr Lucas Vivas, Division of General Internal Medicine, William Osler Health System, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; lucas.vivas{at}outlook.com
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Meaningful futility: requests for resuscitation against medical recommendation
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- Received March 24, 2020
- Revised April 3, 2020
- Accepted April 10, 2020
- First published April 24, 2020.
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