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Is there a place for voluntary active euthanasia in modern-day medicine?

GA OgunbanjoDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), PretoriaCorrespondence[email protected]
, FCFP(SA), MFamMed, FACRRM, FACTM &
D Knapp van BogaertSteve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health SciencesSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD, Dphil
Pages S10-S11 | Published online: 15 Aug 2014

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