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Original Research

Decision-making in cardiac arrest: physicians’ and nurses’ knowledge and views on terminating resuscitation

Camilla Hansen1 Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark;3 Clinical Research Unit, Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark
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Kasper G Lauridsen1 Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark;3 Clinical Research Unit, Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark
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Anders S Schmidt1 Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark;3 Clinical Research Unit, Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark
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Bo Løfgren1 Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark;2 Department of Internal Medicine, Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark;4 Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark;5 Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1-8 | Published online: 20 Dec 2018

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