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Canadian family members’ experiences with guilt, judgment and secrecy during medical assistance in dying: a qualitative descriptive study

Ellen T. Crumley, Jocelyne LeBlanc, Brett Henderson, Caitlin S. Jackson-Tarlton and Erika Leck
August 22, 2023 11 (4) E782-E789; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20220140
Ellen T. Crumley
Faculties of Management (Crumley) and Medicine (Leck, Henderson, Jackson-Tarlton), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Health Program (LeBlanc), St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
MLIS PhD
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Jocelyne LeBlanc
Faculties of Management (Crumley) and Medicine (Leck, Henderson, Jackson-Tarlton), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Health Program (LeBlanc), St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
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Brett Henderson
Faculties of Management (Crumley) and Medicine (Leck, Henderson, Jackson-Tarlton), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Health Program (LeBlanc), St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
BSc MBA
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Caitlin S. Jackson-Tarlton
Faculties of Management (Crumley) and Medicine (Leck, Henderson, Jackson-Tarlton), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Health Program (LeBlanc), St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
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Erika Leck
Faculties of Management (Crumley) and Medicine (Leck, Henderson, Jackson-Tarlton), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Health Program (LeBlanc), St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
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vol. 11 no. 4 E782-E789
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20220140
PubMed 
37607750
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  • Published online August 22, 2023.
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  1. Ellen T. Crumley, MLIS PhD,
  2. Jocelyne LeBlanc,
  3. Brett Henderson, BSc MBA,
  4. Caitlin S. Jackson-Tarlton, MD,
  5. Erika Leck, MSt MD
  1. Faculties of Management (Crumley) and Medicine (Leck, Henderson, Jackson-Tarlton), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Health Program (LeBlanc), St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
  1. Correspondence to: Ellen Crumley, ecrumley{at}dal.ca
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Canadian family members’ experiences with guilt, judgment and secrecy during medical assistance in dying: a qualitative descriptive study
Ellen T. Crumley, Jocelyne LeBlanc, Brett Henderson, Caitlin S. Jackson-Tarlton, Erika Leck
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Ellen T. Crumley, Jocelyne LeBlanc, Brett Henderson, Caitlin S. Jackson-Tarlton, Erika Leck
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