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Erring on the side of life: the case of Terri Schiavo
- Dr Don Merrell, Department of English and Philosophy, Arkansas State University, P.O. Box 1890, State University, Arkansas 72467, USA; merrelldon{at}yahoo.com; dmerrell{at}astate.edu
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Erring on the side of life: the case of Terri Schiavo
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- Received December 24, 2007
- Revised February 27, 2009
- Accepted March 2, 2009
- First published April 30, 2009.
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February 23, 2018
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