P.009 Physician assisted death and the neurosurgeon
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Professional integrity and physician-assisted death.
The practice of voluntary physician-assisted death as a last resort is compatible with doctors' duties to practice competently, to avoid harming patients unduly, to refrain from medical fraud, and to preserve patients' trust. It therefore does not violate physicians' professional integrity.
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2016.115