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How family caregivers' medical and moral assumptions influence decision making for patients in the vegetative state: a qualitative interview study
- Correspondence to Katja Kuehlmeyer, Institute of Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Lessingstr. 2, Munich D-80336, Germany; katja.kuehlmeyer{at}med.lmu.de
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How family caregivers' medical and moral assumptions influence decision making for patients in the vegetative state: a qualitative interview study
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- Received November 14, 2011
- Revised January 11, 2012
- Accepted January 16, 2012
- First published February 28, 2012.
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June 29, 2021
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