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Commentary: The Problematic Proxy and the Patient’s Best Interests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2014

David Campbell
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Ethics Committees and Consultants at Work
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 232 - 234
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