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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 8/2011

01-08-2011 | Correspondence

A national survey of Italian physicians’ attitudes towards end-of-life decisions following the death of Eluana Englaro: reply to M.Y. Rady

Authors: Biagio Solarino, Francesco Bruno, Giacomo Frati, Alessandro Dell’Erba, Paola Frati

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 8/2011

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Title
A national survey of Italian physicians’ attitudes towards end-of-life decisions following the death of Eluana Englaro: reply to M.Y. Rady
Authors
Biagio Solarino
Francesco Bruno
Giacomo Frati
Alessandro Dell’Erba
Paola Frati
Publication date
01-08-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 8/2011
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-011-2276-3

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