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When ‘Sanctity of Life’ and ‘Self-Determination’ clash: Briggs versus Briggs [2016] EWCOP 53 – implications for policy and practice
- Correspondence to Professor Jenny Kitzinger, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales; kitzingerj{at}cardiff.ac.uk
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When ‘Sanctity of Life’ and ‘Self-Determination’ clash: Briggs versus Briggs [2016] EWCOP 53 – implications for policy and practice
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- Received December 26, 2016
- Revised May 7, 2017
- Accepted May 16, 2017
- First published June 22, 2017.
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July 28, 2017
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