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ELS (Ethical Life Support): a new teaching tool for medical ethics

Authors: Marco Vergano, Giuseppe Naretto, Fabrizio Elia, Enrico Gandolfo, Chiara Nebris Calliera, Giuseppe R. Gristina

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2019

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The curriculum of critical care and emergency clinicians is usually packed with basic and advanced life support courses: cardiovascular emergencies, trauma, pre-hospital care, pediatric emergencies, and extra-corporeal life support are just a few examples of the most common topics. …

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Title: ELS (Ethical Life Support): a new teaching tool for medical ethics
Authors: Marco Vergano
Giuseppe Naretto
Fabrizio Elia
Enrico Gandolfo
Chiara Nebris Calliera
Giuseppe R. Gristina
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-019-2474-x

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