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Living wills: anticipatory decisions and advance directives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Charles A Erin  and
John Harris
Charles A Erin*
Affiliation:
The Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
John Harris
Affiliation:
The Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
*
Charles A Erin, The Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, University of Manchester, Humanities Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , August 1994 , pp. 269 - 275
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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