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Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment and the Relevance of the Killing Versus Letting Die Distinction
American Journal of Bioethics 19 (3):34-36 (2019)
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A Costly Separation Between Withdrawing and Withholding Treatment in Intensive Care.Dominic Wilkinson & Julian Savulescu - 2012 - Bioethics 28 (3):127-137.
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