Consensus Finally Achieved on Resuscitative Interventions
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A joint policy statement on the resuscitation of patients is published in this issue of CMAJ. Dr. John Williams, the CMA's director of ethics and legal affairs, discusses how it differs from the joint statement published last year.
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Canadian Medical Association's ethics activities.
Williams J HEC Forum. 2004; 16(2):138-51.
PMID: 15352338 DOI: 10.1023/b:hecf.0000037124.80498.d4.
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