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Decisions that hasten death: double effect and the experiences of physicians in Australia

BACKGROUND: In Australian end-of-life care, practicing euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is illegal. Despite this, death hastening practices are common across medical settings. Practices can be clandestine or overt but in many instances physicians are forced to seek protection behind ambiguou...

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Autor principal: Trankle, Steven A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24666431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-15-26