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Precedent autonomy should be respected in life-sustaining treatment decisions
- Correspondence to Allison Leslie Hebron, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; ahebron311{at}gmail.com
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Precedent autonomy should be respected in life-sustaining treatment decisions
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- Received December 22, 2013
- Revised January 12, 2014
- Accepted February 3, 2014
- First published February 24, 2014.
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April 27, 2016
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