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Can facilitated aid in dying be permitted by ‘double effect’? Some reflections from a recent New Zealand case
- Correspondence to Dr Colin Gavaghan, Faculty of Law, University of Otago, 362 Leith St, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand; colin.gavaghan{at}otago.ac.nz
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Can facilitated aid in dying be permitted by ‘double effect’? Some reflections from a recent New Zealand case
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- Received January 13, 2016
- Revised January 28, 2016
- Accepted February 15, 2016
- First published March 30, 2016.
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July 22, 2016
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