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A response to critics: weakening the ethical distinction between euthanasia, palliative opioid use and palliative sedation
- Correspondence to Dr Thomas D Riisfeldt, Department of Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; ThomasDavid.Riisfeldt{at}health.nsw.gov.au
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A response to critics: weakening the ethical distinction between euthanasia, palliative opioid use and palliative sedation
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- Received October 22, 2019
- Accepted October 30, 2019
- First published November 13, 2019.
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January 14, 2020
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