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Teaching and learning ethics
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The role of the principle of double effect in ethics education at US medical schools and its potential impact on pain management at the end of life
- Correspondence to Dr Robert Macauley, Department of Clinical Ethics, Fletcher Allen Health Care, 111 Colchester Avenue, Smith 266, Burlington, Vermont 05401, USA; robert.macauley{at}uvm.edu
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The role of the principle of double effect in ethics education at US medical schools and its potential impact on pain management at the end of life
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- Received July 11, 2011
- Revised August 8, 2011
- Accepted August 22, 2011
- First published September 24, 2011.
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February 17, 2012
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