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. 1991 May 25;302(6787):1256–1258. doi: 10.1136/bmj.302.6787.1256

Persistent vegetative state and the right to die: the United States and Britain.

B Jennett 1, C Dyer 1
PMCID: PMC1669932  PMID: 2043853

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