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Research Article| Volume 2, ISSUE 1, P173-181, January 1986

Critical Care Stress and Burnout

  • James P. Orlowski
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author: Pediatric and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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    Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Assistant Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit; and Vice-Chairman, Ethics Committee, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • A. Dale Gulledge
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    Chairman, Ethics Committee; and Head, Section on Liaison Psychiatry, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0749-0704(18)30634-1
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