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Withdrawing and withholding artificial nutrition and hydration
Withdrawing artificial nutrition and patients’ interests
- Correspondence to Dr Ezio Di Nucci, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Institut für Philosophie, Essen 45117, Germany; ezio.dinucci{at}uni-due.de
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Withdrawing artificial nutrition and patients’ interests
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- Received June 11, 2012
- Accepted August 30, 2012
- First published September 25, 2012.
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August 19, 2013
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