The ethics of suffering in the era of assisted dying.

Ann Palliat Med

Ethics Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Published: April 2017

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