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Informed consent for functional MRI research on comatose patients following severe brain injury: balancing the social benefits of research against patient autonomy
- Correspondence to Dr Tommaso Bruni, Medizinhistorisches Institut, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, 53127, Germany; tombruni{at}uni-bonn.de
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Informed consent for functional MRI research on comatose patients following severe brain injury: balancing the social benefits of research against patient autonomy
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- Received March 21, 2018
- Revised December 1, 2018
- Accepted December 12, 2018
- First published February 25, 2019.
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June 22, 2019
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