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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
The right not to know: an autonomy based approach
- Correspondence to: R Andorno Interdepartmental Center for Ethnics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW), University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstr. 19, 72074 Tübingen, Germany; roberto.andornouni-tuebingen.de
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The right not to know: an autonomy based approach
Publication history
- Received September 2, 2002
- Accepted July 2, 2003
- Revised May 3, 2003
- First published October 5, 2004.
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October 05, 2004
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Interdepartmental Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)
University of T�bingen
Wilhelmstr. 19
72074 T�bingen
GermanyThe error is much regretted.
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