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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
Should individuals choose their definition of death?
- Mr A Molina, 15, Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie, 75006 Paris, France; alberto.molina{at}malix.univ-paris1.fr
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Should individuals choose their definition of death?
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- Received August 30, 2007
- Revised August 30, 2007
- Accepted September 20, 2007
- First published August 29, 2008.
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April 27, 2016
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2008 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the Institute of Medical Ethics
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