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PDFLaw, ethics, and medicine
Euthanasia, efficiency, and the historical distinction between killing a patient and allowing a patient to die
- Correspondence to: J P Bishop Peninsula Medical School, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3HD; jeffrey.bishop{at}pms.ac.uk
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Euthanasia, efficiency, and the historical distinction between killing a patient and allowing a patient to die
Publication history
- Received August 1, 2005
- Accepted September 9, 2005
- Revised September 8, 2005
- First published March 30, 2006.
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April 27, 2016
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Copyright 2006 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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