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First do no harm: intentionally shortening lives of patients without their explicit request in Belgium
- Correspondence to Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor, School of Politics, Philosophy and International Studies, The University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK; R.Cohen-Almagor{at}hull.ac.uk
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First do no harm: intentionally shortening lives of patients without their explicit request in Belgium
Publication history
- Received July 22, 2014
- Revised April 13, 2015
- Accepted May 13, 2015
- First published June 3, 2015.
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July 24, 2015
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