Ethical dilemmas in intensive care: Can the problem be solved?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-206

  Prien, Thomas ^a   Van Aken, Hugo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 25144482700     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199904000-00015     Document Type: Article

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