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PDFTheoretical ethics
Principles of biomedical ethics symposium
In defence of personal autonomy
- Correspondence to Professor Michael Quante, Philosophisches Seminar, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Domplatz 23, 48143 Münster, Deutschland; michael.quante{at}uni-muenster.de
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In defence of personal autonomy
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- Received January 25, 2010
- Accepted January 28, 2010
- First published September 21, 2011.
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April 27, 2016
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