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Editorial: Mental Capacity: In Search of Alternative Perspectives

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  1. Institute for Bioethics, Department of Health Ethics and Philosophy, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, MD, Maastricht, 6200, The Netherlands

    Ron Berghmans, Donna Dickenson & Ruud Ter Meulen

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Berghmans, R., Dickenson, D. & Meulen, R.T. Editorial: Mental Capacity: In Search of Alternative Perspectives. Health Care Analysis 12, 251–263 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-004-6633-z

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