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Ethics of refusing parental requests to withhold or withdraw treatment from their premature baby
- Correspondence to: Dr R Boyle Paediatric Registrar, Department of Paediatrics, Pield Heath Road, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3NN, UK; BobBoyledoctors.org.uk
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Ethics of refusing parental requests to withhold or withdraw treatment from their premature baby
Publication history
- Received June 2, 2002
- Accepted February 18, 2003
- Revised February 3, 2003
- First published August 2, 2004.
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August 02, 2004
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