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Medical necessity and consent for intimate procedures
- Correspondence to Dr Brian D Earp, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; brian.earp{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk
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Medical necessity and consent for intimate procedures
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- Received July 31, 2023
- Accepted July 31, 2023
- First published August 30, 2023.
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August 30, 2023
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