Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 4, Issue 6 , Pages 547-549 , December 2000

“Non nocere: but we both care”: Commentary on “Non nocere if you really care” by Dr Kripke, MD

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☆ Correspondence should be addressed to: Milton Kramer, MD, 101 W. 79th Street, Apt. 7F, New York, New York 10024, USA. Tel: +1 917-441-0954

PII: S1087-0792(00)90133-3

doi: 10.1053/smrv.2000.0133

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 4, Issue 6 , Pages 547-549 , December 2000

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