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Johnson, L. Syd M. The ethics of uncertainty: entangled ethical and epistemic risks in disorders of consciousness. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. 304 pp. $55 (hardcover). ISBN: 9780190943646

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  1. For more discussion of risk and uncertainty in medicine see [3].

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McCoy, A. Johnson, L. Syd M. The ethics of uncertainty: entangled ethical and epistemic risks in disorders of consciousness. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. 304 pp. $55 (hardcover). ISBN: 9780190943646. Theor Med Bioeth 45, 63–67 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-023-09644-0

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