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Applied ethics for nuclear cardiology: Beginning a dialogue

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I thank Dr. Kenneth Prager, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, for helpful discussion and comments on the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Andrew J. Einstein MD, PhD

  2. Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Andrew J. Einstein MD, PhD

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Einstein, A.J. Applied ethics for nuclear cardiology: Beginning a dialogue. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 22, 916–919 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-015-0229-x

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