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A Woman (and Man) without a Country

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2011

GABRIEL BOSSLET
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Extract

Lying in bed, the shriveled 86-year-old Australian woman appeared almost bionic. Congestive heart failure had rendered Mrs. A unable to breathe without a ventilator, and her failing kidneys kept her tethered to a dialysis machine 24 hours per day.

Type
Symposium: The Coming Generation in American Bioethics
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 125 - 127
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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