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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
A role for doctors in assisted dying? An analysis of legal regulations and medical professional positions in six European countries
- Dr G Bosshard, Institute of Legal Medicine, Winterthurerstrasse 190 / Bau 52, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland; bosh{at}irm.unizh.ch
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A role for doctors in assisted dying? An analysis of legal regulations and medical professional positions in six European countries
Publication history
- Received August 16, 2006
- Revised November 28, 2006
- Accepted December 6, 2006
- First published December 21, 2007.
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July 30, 2016
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