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Should religious beliefs be allowed to stonewall a secular approach to withdrawing and withholding treatment in children?
- Correspondence to Dr Joe Brierley, Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond St, London WC1 3JH, UK; joe.brierley{at}gosh.nhs.uk
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Should religious beliefs be allowed to stonewall a secular approach to withdrawing and withholding treatment in children?
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- Received July 11, 2011
- Revised October 27, 2011
- Accepted January 30, 2012
- First published March 30, 2012.
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June 29, 2021
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