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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
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Court applications for withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration from patients in a permanent vegetative state: family experiences
- Correspondence to Professor Jenny Kitzinger, School of Journalism, Culture & Media Studies, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK; kitzingerj{at}cardiff.ac.uk
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Court applications for withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration from patients in a permanent vegetative state: family experiences
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- Received March 7, 2015
- Revised June 23, 2015
- Accepted July 23, 2015
- First published October 20, 2015.
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June 29, 2021
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