Rationing elective surgery for smokers and obese patients: responsibility or prognosis?

BACKGROUND: In the United Kingdom (UK), a number of National Health Service (NHS) Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) have proposed controversial measures to restrict elective surgery for patients who either smoke or are obese. Whilst the nature of these measures varies between NHS authorities, typi...

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Autores principales: Pillutla, Virimchi, Maslen, Hannah, Savulescu, Julian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5921973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29699552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-018-0272-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5921973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29699552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-018-0272-7

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