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Prehospital DNR orders: an ethical dilemma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Merril Pauls*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Abstract

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Type
Letters • Courrier
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2001

References

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