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Pets or meds: how to tackle misery in a paediatric intensive care unit

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  1. Division of Paediatric Intensive Care, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Maastricht, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Gijs D. Vos & Piet L. J. M. Leroy

  2. Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Maastricht, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Jim van Os & Jan N. M. Schieveld

  3. Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, SE5 8AF, London, UK

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Vos, G.D., van Os, J., Leroy, P.L.J.M. et al. Pets or meds: how to tackle misery in a paediatric intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med 33, 1492–1493 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0744-6

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