Suffering and medicalization at the end of life: The case of physician-assisted dying
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.10.010
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Canada; Physician-assisted dying; Euthanasia; Assisted suicide; Palliative care; End-of-life care; Suffering; Medicalization of dying;All these keywords.
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