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‘In a twilight world’? Judging the value of life for the minimally conscious patient
- Correspondence to Dr Richard Huxtable, Centre for Ethics in Medicine, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK; R.Huxtable{at}bristol.ac.uk
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‘In a twilight world’? Judging the value of life for the minimally conscious patient
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- Received August 17, 2012
- Revised September 12, 2012
- Accepted September 19, 2012
- First published October 12, 2012.
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August 19, 2013
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