End-of-life decisions

Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 11-15

  Savulescu, Julian ^a,b  

^a Department of Practical Ethics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 55449102253     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1383/medc.33.2.11.58384     Document Type: Article

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