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Functional neuroimaging and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from vegetative patients
- Professor J Savulescu, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Littlegate House, St Ebbes Street, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; julian.savulescu{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk
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Functional neuroimaging and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from vegetative patients
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- Received December 29, 2008
- Revised April 30, 2009
- Accepted May 27, 2009
- First published July 30, 2009.
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July 30, 2009
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