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Law, ethics and medicine
Commentary
‘Existential suffering’ and voluntary medically assisted dying
- Correspondence to Dr Robert Young; Program in Philosophy, La Trobe University, VIC 3083 Australia;robert.young{at}latrobe.edu.au
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‘Existential suffering’ and voluntary medically assisted dying
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- Received October 9, 2012
- Accepted October 9, 2012
- First published July 18, 2013.
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January 21, 2014
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