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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...
Autores principales: | Pillutla, Virimchi, Maslen, Hannah, Savulescu, Julian |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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