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PDFElective ventilation
Current Controversy
Dignifying death and the morality of elective ventilation
- Correspondence to Dr Pablo De Lora, Department of Public Law and Legal Philosophy, Law School, Calle Kelsen s/n, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain; pablo.delora{at}uam.es
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Dignifying death and the morality of elective ventilation
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- Received August 1, 2012
- Revised November 24, 2012
- Accepted November 29, 2012
- First published January 8, 2013.
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February 18, 2013
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