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Role of non-governmental organisations in physician assisted suicide
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Role of non-governmental organisations in physician assisted suicide
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Could right to die organisations be part of the solution to the many ethical difficulties doctors face over assisted suicide? Stephen Ziegler and Georg Bosshard examine how two organisations in Switzerland and Oregon help people die
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