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. 2017 Jun 12;189(23):E807.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.733083.

About the "surprise question"

Massimo Costantini  1 , Irene J Higginson  2 , Domenico F Merlo  3 , Silvia Di Leo  4 , Silvia Tanzi  5
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About the "surprise question"

Massimo Costantini et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None declared.

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  • Response to: "About the 'surprise question'".
    Downar J, Goldman R, Pinto R, Englesakis M, Adhikari NKJ. Downar J, et al. CMAJ. 2017 Jun 12;189(23):E808. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.733094. CMAJ. 2017. PMID: 28606981 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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