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Assisted dying.
Professor Finlay is absolutely right that GPs’ opinions are vitally important in the assisted dying debate, and that it is important for the College to have a view on this issue.1 Physician-assisted suicide would involve GPs in assessing requests for assisted suicide and would also require GPs to prescribe lethal doses of medication. It would also be highly stressful for GPs, as seen in the Net...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/s0885-3924(99)00106-2