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Is withdrawing treatment really more problematic than withholding treatment?
- Correspondence to James Cameron, The University of Melbourne Melbourne Law School, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia; jamesamcameron{at}gmail.com
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Is withdrawing treatment really more problematic than withholding treatment?
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- Received April 21, 2020
- Revised April 30, 2020
- Accepted May 4, 2020
- First published May 25, 2020.
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January 09, 2022
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