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Euthanasia

Euthanasia

Euthanasia

This term is used when medical assistance is given for a patient in dying. [1]

References

References

  1. Oliver P, Wilson M, Malpas P (2017). “New Zealand doctors’ and nurses’ views on legalising assisted dying in New Zealand”. N. Z. Med. J. 130 (1456): 10–26. PMID 28571045.

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