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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
Eluana Englaro, chronicle of a death foretold: ethical considerations on the recent right-to-die case in Italy
- Correspondence to Dr Marco Luchetti, Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, A Manzoni General Hospital, Via dell'Eremo 9/11, 23900 Lecco, Italy; m.luchetti{at}fastwebnet.it
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Eluana Englaro, chronicle of a death foretold: ethical considerations on the recent right-to-die case in Italy
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- Received December 2, 2009
- Revised January 28, 2010
- Accepted February 8, 2010
- First published May 3, 2010.
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April 27, 2016
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