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“Allow natural death” is not equivalent to “do not resuscitate”: a response
- Dr Yen-Yuan Chen, Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; yxc96{at}case.edu
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“Allow natural death” is not equivalent to “do not resuscitate”: a response
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- Received January 27, 2008
- Accepted February 7, 2008
- First published November 28, 2008.
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April 27, 2016
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