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Judgement of suffering in the case of a euthanasia request in The Netherlands
- Dr J A C Rietjens, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 2040, Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands; j.rietjens{at}erasmusmc.nl
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Judgement of suffering in the case of a euthanasia request in The Netherlands
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- Received December 8, 2008
- Revised May 12, 2009
- Accepted May 28, 2009
- First published July 30, 2009.
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October 26, 2016
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2009 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the Institute of Medical Ethics
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