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Physician-Assisted Suicide: Views of Swiss Health Care Professionals

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This work was supported by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences.

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  1. Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland

    Eliane Pfister & Nikola Biller-Andorno

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Pfister, E., Biller-Andorno, N. Physician-Assisted Suicide: Views of Swiss Health Care Professionals. Bioethical Inquiry 7, 283–285 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-010-9246-2

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