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Withdrawing treatment from patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness: the presumption in favour of the maintenance of life is legally robust
- Correspondence to Professor Charles Foster, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UL, UK; Charles.Foster{at}law.ox.ac.uk
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Withdrawing treatment from patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness: the presumption in favour of the maintenance of life is legally robust
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- Received April 7, 2020
- Revised April 21, 2020
- Accepted April 25, 2020
- First published May 14, 2020.
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January 09, 2022
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