Palliative Treatment of Last Resort and Assisted Suicide

  1. Timothy E. Quill, MD;
  2. Barbara Coombs Lee, PA, FNP, JD; and
  3. Sally Nunn, RN
  1. The Genesee Hospital; Rochester, NY 14607 (Quill) Compassion in Dying Federation; Portland, OR 97201 (Coombs Lee) University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics; Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Nunn)

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