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. 1999;3(1):R1-R3.
doi: 10.1186/cc309.

The sound of silence: rationing resources for critically ill patients

D Cook  1 , M Giacomini
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The sound of silence: rationing resources for critically ill patients

D Cook et al. Crit Care. 1999.
No abstract available

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