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Original Contributions

Potential Impact of a Verbal Prehospital DNR Policy

, MD, MSHS, , MD, , MD, MA, , PhD, , MD, MSHS & , MD, MPH
Pages 169-172 | Received 29 Apr 2008, Accepted 02 Jul 2008, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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