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Attitudes on euthanasia among medical students and doctors in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Euthanasia is a topic of intense ethical debate and it is illegal in most countries at present, including Sri Lanka. The aim of this descriptive cross-sectional study of medical students and practicing doctors was to explore the acceptance of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (PA...

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Autores principales:	Herath, H. M. M. T. B., Wijayawardhana, K. W. S. M., Wickramarachchi, U. I., Rodrigo, Chaturaka
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8650524/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34876119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00731-2

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