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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
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Medical expertise, existential suffering and ending life
- Correspondence to Dr Jukka Varelius, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Philosophy, University of Turku, Turku FIN20014, Finland; jukka.varelius{at}utu.fi
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Medical expertise, existential suffering and ending life
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- Received May 21, 2012
- Revised August 27, 2012
- Accepted August 29, 2012
- First published July 18, 2013.
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April 27, 2016
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