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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
Opinions of private medical practitioners in Bloemfontein, South Africa, regarding euthanasia of terminally ill patients
- Professor G Joubert, Department of Biostatistics (G31), University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa; gnbsgj.md{at}mail.uovs.ac.za
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Opinions of private medical practitioners in Bloemfontein, South Africa, regarding euthanasia of terminally ill patients
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- Received September 15, 2008
- Revised December 10, 2008
- Accepted December 19, 2008
- First published February 27, 2009.
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April 27, 2016
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