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- Published on: 23 July 2012
- Published on: 23 July 2012Self-determination is not a one-way choiceShow More
To the Editor:
We read with interest the report by Anthony-Pillai (1) and we largely agree with her. Self-determination always involves a choice of the individual, but individual choice is not necessarily synonymous with loneliness, while its opposite almost always does. The choice of a patient at the end-of-life must be open to the advice of others, their critics, their offers of aid, their requests to reconside...
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