Resource allocation and triage in disasters and pandemics

Clinical Ethics in Pediatrics: A Case-Based Textbook

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 199-204

  Burns, Jeffrey P ^a   Mitchell, Christine ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84892742931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511740336.035     Document Type: Chapter

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