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Medical Assistance in Dying at a paediatric hospital
- Correspondence to Carey DeMichelis, Applied Psychology and Human Development, Joint Centre for Bieothics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6, Canada; carey.demichelis{at}mail.utoronto.ca
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Medical Assistance in Dying at a paediatric hospital
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- Received April 25, 2018
- Revised August 2, 2018
- Accepted August 12, 2018
- First published September 21, 2018.
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December 13, 2018
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