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Choosing when and how to die: Are we ready to perform therapeutic homicide?

Ken Flegel and John Fletcher
CMAJ August 07, 2012 184 (11) 1227; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.120961
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vol. 184 no. 11 1227
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https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.120961
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22733665
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  • Published online August 7, 2012.

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