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Pandemic triage: the ethical challenge

Ryan M. Melnychuk and Nuala P. Kenny
CMAJ November 21, 2006 175 (11) 1393; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.061322
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vol. 175 no. 11 1393
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.061322
PubMed 
17116907
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  • Published online November 20, 2006.
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  1. Ryan M. Melnychuk,
  2. Nuala P. Kenny
  1. Ryan Melnychuk is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Ethics of Health Research and Policy with the Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University, and a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Health Policy and Translation Research Group with the Canadian Center for Vaccinology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS. Nuala Kenny is a Professor with the Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr. Ryan M. Melnychuk, Rm. C315, CRC Building, Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Ave., Halifax NS B3H 4H7; fax 902 494-3865; ryan.melnychuk{at}dal.ca

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