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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
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Withdrawing artificial nutrition and hydration from minimally conscious and vegetative patients: family perspectives
- Correspondence to Professor Celia Kitzinger, Chronic Disorders of Consciousness Research Centre, Department of Sociology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK; celia.kitzinger{at}york.ac.uk
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Withdrawing artificial nutrition and hydration from minimally conscious and vegetative patients: family perspectives
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- Received August 26, 2013
- Revised October 1, 2013
- Accepted November 5, 2013
- First published January 14, 2014.
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April 27, 2016
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