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Physician-assisted dying and two senses of an incurable condition
- Correspondence to Dr Jukka Varelius, Department of Philosophy, Contemporary History, and Political Science, University of Turku, Turku FIN20014, Finland; jukka.varelius{at}utu.fi
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Physician-assisted dying and two senses of an incurable condition
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- Received February 23, 2016
- Revised April 6, 2016
- Accepted April 24, 2016
- First published May 13, 2016.
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August 24, 2016
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