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William R Adam<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Clinicians have to be prepared to go to court to put their case for the best interests of the child, and then accept the legal decision with good grace, however personally distressing. This is just another example in medicine of the need for all to work with less than desirable outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adam WR. (Correspondence) Should doctors feel able to practise according to their personal values and beliefs?<\/a> Med J Aust. 2012;196(2):109. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

William R Adam Extract Clinicians have to be prepared to go to court to put their case for the best interests of the child, and then accept the legal decision with good grace, however personally distressing. 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