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Arguments against Respecting a Minor's Refusal of Efficacious Life-Saving Treatment Redux, Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2009

LAINIE FRIEDMAN ROSS
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Abstract

This CQ department is dedicated to bringing noted bioethicsts together in order to debate some of the most perplexing contemporary bioethics issues. You are encouraged to contact “The Great Debates” department editor, D. Micah Hester (hesterdm@uams.ed), UAMS/Humanities, 4301 W. Markham St. #646, Little Rock, AR 72205, with any suggestions for debate topics and interlocutors you would like to see published herein.

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The Great Debates
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 432 - 440
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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