Precedent Autonomy and Surrogate Decisionmaking After Severe Brain Injury
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Precedent autonomy and subsequent consent.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0963-1801,1469-2147
DOI: 10.1017/s0963180120000286