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Human dignity and rights beyond death
- Correspondence to Dr Kam Lun Hon,Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 6/F Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; ehon{at}hotmail.com
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Human dignity and rights beyond death
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- Received June 20, 2012
- Accepted July 26, 2012
- First published September 6, 2012.
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September 19, 2013
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