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Withdrawing treatment from patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness: the wrong answer is what the wrong question begets
- Correspondence to Dr Daniel Wei Liang Wang, Fundacao Getulio Vargas Escola de Direito, São Paulo 01310-000, Brazil; daniel.wang{at}fgv.br
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Withdrawing treatment from patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness: the wrong answer is what the wrong question begets
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- Received January 4, 2020
- Accepted February 3, 2020
- First published February 13, 2020.
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July 23, 2020
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