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Law, ethics and medicine
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Do guidelines on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Dutch hospitals and nursing homes reflect the law? A content analysis
- Correspondence to B A M Hesselink, VU University Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam 1081 BT, The Netherlands; berniek.hesselink{at}vumc.nl
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Do guidelines on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Dutch hospitals and nursing homes reflect the law? A content analysis
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- Received October 29, 2010
- Revised May 5, 2011
- Accepted May 24, 2011
- First published June 27, 2011.
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December 14, 2011
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