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Who will receive the last ventilator: why COVID-19 policies should not prioritise healthcare workers
- Correspondence to Professor Lois Shepherd, Center for Health Humanities and Ethics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, USA; lls4b{at}virginia.edu
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Who will receive the last ventilator: why COVID-19 policies should not prioritise healthcare workers
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- Received January 15, 2021
- Accepted May 28, 2021
- First published June 25, 2021.
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January 18, 2022
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