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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
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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
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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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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
Jul 2023, 11 (4) E782-E789; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20220140

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Ellen T. Crumley, Jocelyne LeBlanc, Brett Henderson, Caitlin S. Jackson-Tarlton, Erika Leck
Jul 2023, 11 (4) E782-E789; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20220140
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