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Clinical ethics
The body as unwarranted life support: a new perspective on euthanasia
- Correspondence to: David Shaw Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Department of Moral Philosophy, University of St Andrews, Edgecliffe, The Scores, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, UK; dms11{at}st-andrews.ac.uk
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The body as unwarranted life support: a new perspective on euthanasia
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- Received December 1, 2006
- Accepted January 31, 2007
- Revised January 22, 2007
- First published August 30, 2007.
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August 30, 2007
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Copyright 2007 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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