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AEDs are problematic, but Mrs A is a misleading case
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↵ i Dworkin’s views are explained in detail, along with Dresser’s view, the powerful rejoinder of Nancy Rhoden and an expanded version of the rest of this paragraph in Menzel and Steinbock.3
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