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Constructing authentic decisions: proxy decision making for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent
- Correspondence to Dr Victoria Shepherd, Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; ShepherdVL1{at}cardiff.ac.uk
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Constructing authentic decisions: proxy decision making for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent
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- Received December 18, 2019
- Revised June 8, 2020
- Accepted June 26, 2020
- First published September 2, 2020.
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November 29, 2021
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