Intersection of Outcomes, Ethics, and Economics in Critical Care

Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2012; 33(04): 325-326
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1322409

Preface

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Constantine A. Manthous

¹Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut

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Douglas B. White

³Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Shannon S. Carson

⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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