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Law, ethics and medicine
Why effective consent presupposes autonomous authorisation: a counterorthodox argument
- Correspondence to: Dr M Epstein Queen Mary University of London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute for Health Sciences, Unit for Human Science and Medical Ethics, 40 New Road, London E1 2AX, UK; m.epstein{at}qmul.ac.uk
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Why effective consent presupposes autonomous authorisation: a counterorthodox argument
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- Received June 17, 2005
- Accepted August 15, 2005
- Revised August 12, 2005
- First published May 26, 2006.
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May 26, 2006
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