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Published in: Critical Care 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Editorial

Rapid response teams: how are they best used?

Authors: Thomas Rozen, Warwick Butt

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2016

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Never discourage anyone … who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. Plato
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Metadata
Title
Rapid response teams: how are they best used?
Authors
Thomas Rozen
Warwick Butt
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1425-z

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