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Reconciling informed consent and “do no harm”: ethical challenges in palliative care research and practice in COPD

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Reconciling informed consent and “do no harm”: ethical challenges in palliative care research and practice in COPD. / Gardiner, Clare; Barnes, S; Small, N. et al.
In: Palliative Medicine, Vol. 24, No. 5, 07.2010, p. 469-472.

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Gardiner, C, Barnes, S, Small, N, Gott, M, Payne, S, Halpin, D & Seamark, D 2010, 'Reconciling informed consent and “do no harm”: ethical challenges in palliative care research and practice in COPD', Palliative Medicine, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 469-472. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216310367536

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Gardiner, C., Barnes, S., Small, N., Gott, M., Payne, S., Halpin, D., & Seamark, D. (2010). Reconciling informed consent and “do no harm”: ethical challenges in palliative care research and practice in COPD. Palliative Medicine, 24(5), 469-472. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216310367536

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Gardiner C, Barnes S, Small N, Gott M, Payne S, Halpin D et al. Reconciling informed consent and “do no harm”: ethical challenges in palliative care research and practice in COPD. Palliative Medicine. 2010 Jul;24(5):469-472. doi: 10.1177/0269216310367536

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Gardiner, Clare ; Barnes, S ; Small, N. et al. / Reconciling informed consent and “do no harm” : ethical challenges in palliative care research and practice in COPD. In: Palliative Medicine. 2010 ; Vol. 24, No. 5. pp. 469-472.

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