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Withdrawing life sustaining treatment and euthanasia debate. Double effect is different from euthanasia.

N McIntosh
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N McIntosh. 2001-11-24. Withdrawing life sustaining treatment and euthanasia debate. Double effect is different from euthanasia.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11758517/

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