Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 9 , Pages 1061-1062 , September 2010

Emergency medicine and organ donation—A core responsibility at a time of need or threat to professional integrity

  • Dominic Bell

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doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.06.021

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 9 , Pages 1061-1062 , September 2010

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