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Treating the Silent Stranger: Informed Consent and Defensive Medicine in the Critical Care Unit

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De Ville, K., Kaplan, C.A. Treating the Silent Stranger: Informed Consent and Defensive Medicine in the Critical Care Unit. HEC Forum 10, 55–70 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008862702557

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