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Deathbed disputation: a response to Peter Singer

Margaret Somerville
CMAJ September 17, 2002 167 (6) 651-654;
Margaret Somerville
Dr. Somerville is Samuel Gate Professor of Law, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, and Founding Director, Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, McGill University, Montreal, Que.
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  1. Margaret Somerville
  1. Dr. Somerville is Samuel Gate Professor of Law, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, and Founding Director, Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, McGill University, Montreal, Que.
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    Dr. Margaret Somerville, McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, 3690 Peel St., Montreal QC H3A 1W9; fax 514 398-4668; margaret.somerville{at}mcgill.ca.

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