Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 62-64 , February 2010

Jehovah's Witnesses – surgical and anaesthetic management options

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2009.10.008

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 62-64 , February 2010

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