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Editorial
. 2025 Aug;51(8):1539-1541.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-025-08001-0. Epub 2025 Jul 7.

Balancing our art with our performance

Bertrand Guidet  1 , Diane Dennis  2 , Peter Vernon van Heerden  3
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Editorial

Balancing our art with our performance

Bertrand Guidet et al. Intensive Care Med. 2025 Aug.
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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflicts of interest: No COI related to this manuscript. The text is based on a section in a book to be published by Springer with DD and PVvH as editors of the book, with permission. Dennis D, van Heerden P, Ruppe M. Contemplating the role of an intensive care doctor: a fieldwork guide to intensive care medicine. In: Dennis D, van Heerden P, Ruppe M (eds). Contemplating the role of an intensive care doctor. Springer 2025 (in press).

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