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Conscientious objection and moral distress: a relational ethics case study of MAiD in Canada
- Correspondence to Dr Mary Kathleen Deutscher Heilman, Ethics, St. Paul’s Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada; mary.heilman{at}saskhealthauthority.ca
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Conscientious objection and moral distress: a relational ethics case study of MAiD in Canada
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- Received September 17, 2019
- Revised November 21, 2019
- Accepted November 24, 2019
- First published December 6, 2019.
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February 07, 2020
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