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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
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The harm threshold and parents’ obligation to benefit their children
- Correspondence to Dr Giles Birchley, Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol, Canygne Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Clifton, Bristol, UK; giles.birchley{at}bristol.ac.uk
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The harm threshold and parents’ obligation to benefit their children
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- Received November 30, 2015
- Accepted December 8, 2015
- First published January 4, 2016.
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April 27, 2016
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