Assisted dying: the ongoing debate
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Assisted dying: considerations in the continuing debate.
Emery and Dr Kevin Connolly have given much pleasure to our readers with their columns on ‘Treatment in Art’ and ‘Conversations with Charles’ respectively. I am also grateful to the many physicians across the country who have selflessly contributed to the quality of Clinical Medicine by refereeing so many of the submitted manuscripts. And in particular, I wish to pay tribute to Diana Beaven who...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.047530