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Why do patients want information if not to take part in decision making?
- Correspondence to Dr Neil C Manson, Department of Philosophy, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YG, UK; n.manson{at}lancaster.ac.uk
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Why do patients want information if not to take part in decision making?
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- Received March 8, 2010
- Revised July 13, 2010
- Accepted July 26, 2010
- First published September 8, 2010.
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April 27, 2016
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