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Clinical ethics
“Allow natural death” versus “do not resuscitate”: three words that can change a life
- Dr S Venneman, Departments of Psychology & Biology, University of Houston-Victoria, 3007 N. Ben Wilson, Victoria, Texas 77901, USA; vennemans{at}uhv.edu
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“Allow natural death” versus “do not resuscitate”: three words that can change a life
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- Received June 26, 2006
- Revised November 30, 2006
- Accepted December 6, 2006
- First published December 21, 2007.
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December 21, 2007
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