Rationing elective surgery for smokers and obese patients: responsibility or prognosis?
Abstract 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 authoriti...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Ethics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-018-0272-7 |