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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
The parents' ability to take care of their baby as a factor in decisions to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging treatment in two Dutch NICUs
- Correspondence to Dr Sofia Moratti, Research Group ‘Regulation of Socially Problematic Medical Behavior’, Department of Legal Theory, Faculty of Law, Oude Kijk in ‘t Jatstraat 5, Mailbox 716, 9700 AS Groningen, The Netherlands; s.moratti{at}rug.nl
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The parents' ability to take care of their baby as a factor in decisions to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging treatment in two Dutch NICUs
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- Received November 6, 2009
- Revised March 1, 2010
- Accepted March 12, 2010
- First published May 28, 2010.
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April 27, 2016
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