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Pressure in dealing with requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide. Experiences of general practitioners
- Correspondence to Marike E de Boer, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands; m.deboer{at}vumc.nl
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Pressure in dealing with requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide. Experiences of general practitioners
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- Received August 30, 2018
- Revised March 6, 2019
- Accepted April 16, 2019
- First published May 15, 2019.
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August 02, 2019
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