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Review
. 1999 Nov 6;319(7219):1258-61.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7219.1258.

Tragic choices in health care: lessons from the child B case

C Ham  1
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Tragic choices in health care: lessons from the child B case

C Ham. BMJ. .
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Jaymee Bowen's story raises a series of ethical and practical issues in regard to use of resources in the NHS
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