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Respect for autonomy: deciding what is good for oneself
- Correspondence to Dr Brent Michael Kious, Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, 501 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA; brent.kious{at}hsc.utah.edu
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Respect for autonomy: deciding what is good for oneself
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- Received December 22, 2015
- Revised August 26, 2016
- Accepted September 8, 2016
- First published October 5, 2016.
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November 23, 2016
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