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Junior doctors and conscientious objection to voluntary assisted dying: ethical complexity in practice
- Correspondence to Dr Rosalind J McDougall, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; rmcdo{at}unimelb.edu.au
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Junior doctors and conscientious objection to voluntary assisted dying: ethical complexity in practice
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- Received December 2, 2020
- Revised April 12, 2021
- Accepted April 16, 2021
- First published June 14, 2021.
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October 18, 2023
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