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When slippery slope arguments miss the mark: a lesson from one against physician-assisted death
- Correspondence to Dr Stuart J Youngner, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4976, USA; sxy2{at}case.edu
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When slippery slope arguments miss the mark: a lesson from one against physician-assisted death
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- Received May 2, 2018
- Revised July 2, 2018
- Accepted July 6, 2018
- First published July 21, 2018.
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August 21, 2020
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