Rwanda moving to provide "good deaths" for terminally ill.
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Good and bad dying from the perspective of terminally ill men.
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- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
دوره 183 14 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2011