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Overriding parents’ medical decisions for their children: a systematic review of normative literature
- Correspondence to Dr Rosalind J McDougall, Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Level 4, 207 Bouverie St, VIC 3010, Australia; rmcdo{at}unimelb.edu.au
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Overriding parents’ medical decisions for their children: a systematic review of normative literature
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- Received March 8, 2013
- Revised May 23, 2013
- Accepted May 31, 2013
- First published July 3, 2013.
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June 17, 2014
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