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Forced to be free? Increasing patient autonomy by constraining it
- Correspondence to Associate Professor Neil Levy, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Royal Parade, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia; nllevy{at}unimelb.edu.au Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, Suite 8, Littlegate House, 16/17 St Ebbes St, OX1 1PT, UK.
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Forced to be free? Increasing patient autonomy by constraining it
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- Received August 30, 2011
- Revised October 18, 2011
- Accepted December 16, 2011
- First published February 8, 2012.
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April 27, 2016
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