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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
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The role of law in decisions to withhold and withdraw life-sustaining treatment from adults who lack capacity: a cross-sectional study
- Correspondence to Professor Benjamin P White, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; bp.white{at}qut.edu.au
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The role of law in decisions to withhold and withdraw life-sustaining treatment from adults who lack capacity: a cross-sectional study
Publication history
- Received March 16, 2016
- Revised June 20, 2016
- Accepted July 15, 2016
- First published August 16, 2016.
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April 25, 2017
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