Should euthanasia be legal? An international survey of neonatal intensive care units staff.

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Published in Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed on January 01, 2004

Authors

M Cuttini1, V Casotto, M Kaminski, I de Beaufort, I Berbik, G Hansen, L Kollée, A Kucinskas, S Lenoir, A Levin, M Orzalesi, J Persson, M Rebagliato, M Reid, R Saracci

Author Affiliations

1: Unit of Epidemiology, Burlo Garofolo Institute, Trieste and Tuscany Agency for Health, Florence, Italy. marina.cuttini@arsanita.toscana.it

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