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Disfigured anatomies and imperfect analogies: body integrity identity disorder and the supposed right to self-demanded amputation of healthy body parts
- Correspondence to Dr D Patrone, Bioethics Program, Union Graduate College, 807 Union Street, Humanities Building Room 020 Schenectady, NY 12308, USA; dpatrone{at}gmail.com
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Disfigured anatomies and imperfect analogies: body integrity identity disorder and the supposed right to self-demanded amputation of healthy body parts
Publication history
- Received January 6, 2009
- Revised March 31, 2009
- Accepted May 15, 2009
- First published August 28, 2009.
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April 27, 2016
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